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Module : Study of Literary Texts L1-S1

Lesson 04: Figures of Speech


Lesson Plan
1. Introduction: Direct vs. Figurative Language
2. Types of Figures of Speech
3. Interactive Activity

Lesson content:
1. Introduction:
Literal language or direct language is the language that means just what it
says without using comparison, overstatement, or understatement. Figurative
language, on the other hand, uses comparison, overstatement, or understatement
to mean something other than the simple dictionary definitions of the words.
2. Types of Figures of Speech:

1. Metaphore :
A metaphor is the direct comparison of dissimilar things to create more
vivid imagery or understanding.
Example: Hope is the thing with feathers

2. Simile:
A simile compares two dissimilar things using “like” or “as.” The goal of
simile is to give the reader a more vivid understanding of something.
Example: I wondered lonely as a cloud

3. Personification:
Personification is assigning human attributes to nonhuman things.
Personification is a commonly used literary device that refers to moments
in which poets, fiction writers, or playwrights give human characteristics
to animals, inanimate objects, or forces.
Example: Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me

4. Hyperbole:
Hyperbole is a deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or
excitement to a statement.
Example: Ten thousand saw I at a glance

5. Alliteration:
Alliteration is the repeating of consonant sounds right next to each other,
which creates a memorable or melodic effect. It occurs when two or more
words are linked that share the same first consonant sound.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

6. Onomatopoeia:
Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it means.
Example: for oft

7. Oxymoron:
An oxymoron is a phrase that uses two contradictory words to create a
new meaning.
Example: That strawberry cake was awfully good.
“Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!”

3. Interactive Activity:
Exercise: Read the following sentences and identify the figure of speech used
1. The thief was as sly as a fox. (simile)
2. Upon explanation, the concept was as clear as crystal to Rahul. (simile)
3. The soldier jumped on the enemies like a hungry lion. (simile)
4. The camel is the ship of the desert. (metaphor)
5. Mr. Sharma thought the sweets were calling him. (personification)
6. It seemed that the sky was going to cry the entire night. (personification)
7. I would forgive you when pigs fly. (hyperbole)
8. Death touched Miss David with its icy fingers. (personification)
9. Sheldon is a walking dictionary. (metaphor)
10.The sausages tasted awfully good. (oxymoron)
11.Sheena was as proud as a peacock. (simile)
12.The pigs oinked with excitement at the sight of their dinner.
(Onomatopoeia)
13.Parting is such sweet sorrow. (oxymoron) (alliteration)
14.Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears. (hyperbole)
15.Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet. (alliteration)

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