Figures of speech are an essential part of writing.
They get the message across and can be used to describe the impact of a situation.
A figure of speech is a change from the ordinary use of words to enhance their effectiveness. With the use of figure of speeh methods you can enrich your sentance and really get the impact of the message across to your audience. Figures of speech consist of four tropes. These tropes are: metaphors, simile, personification and hyperboles.
This page is intendend to be a useful tool to help aid students learn the diffirent forms of figures of speech.
After reading this page the student will be able to and have learnt:
-To answer questions about the characteristics of the four figures of speech
-Recognize the figures of speech in sentances
-Be able to complete a formative test about the figures of speech