Figures of Speech

 1. Personification

- An attribution of human qualities to a thing

2. Hyperbole

- An author or speaker obviously and purposely exaggerates to an extreme

- Used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous

3. Irony

- What is written or stated is different from or the opposite of what is expected

4. Allusion

- References a person, place, thing, or event

Example: