Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
FIGURES OF
SPEECH
HYPERBOLE
Extreme exaggeration used to describe a person or thing. Example: She
had as many pairs of shoes as there are stars in the sky.
SIMILE
A comparison using the words ÒlikeÓ or Òas.Ó
Figures of speech are literary devices that give the writer a
non-literal way to describe images and events. The main types of figures of
speech are hyperbole, irony, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox,
personification, and simile.
Use the following chart to record examples of figures of speech
used in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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EXAMPLE FROM BOOK |
LITERAL MEANING |
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simile |
about as emotional as a bagpipe |
a bagpipe is an inanimate object and is not emotional |
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