Examples of Fig Lang.

Alliteration

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Figurative Language

"Time is a thief."

Allusion

"He had the patience of Job."

Simile

"Her smile was as bright as the sun."

Metaphor

"The world is a stage."

Personification

"The wind whispered through the trees."

Hyperbole

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

Understatement

"It’s just a scratch," (after a car crash).

Paradox

"Less is more."

Verbal Irony

"Oh, great! Another homework assignment!"

Analogy

"Writing a book is like building a house."

Anecdote

"When I was a kid, we didn’t have cell phones…"

Metonymy

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

Synecdoche

"All hands on deck!"

Mood

A dark, stormy night creates a tense, eerie mood.

Imagery

"The scent of fresh roses filled the warm spring air."

Setting

"A bustling 1920s New York City."

Deductive Reasoning

"All mammals breathe air. A whale is a mammal. Therefore, a whale breathes air."

Inductive Reasoning

"Every swan I’ve seen is white. Therefore, all swans are white."

Diction

Formal

Denotation

"Home" = a place where one lives.

Connotation

"Home" = warmth, comfort, security.

Formal Register

"We regret to inform you that your application was unsuccessful."

Informal Register

"Sorry, you didn’t get the job."

Concrete Diction

"The cold metal chair scraped against the wooden floor."

Abstract Diction

"Justice must prevail."

Tone

A sarcastic tone

Point of View (POV)

"She couldn’t believe what she was seeing."

First Person POV

"I couldn’t believe my eyes."

Second Person POV

"You walk into the room and see…"

Third Person POV

"She opened the letter with trembling hands."

Subjective

"That movie was terrible!"

Objective

"The movie was 120 minutes long."

Syntax

"To the store, she went."

Repetition

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

Anaphora

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds…"

Antithesis

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Asyndeton

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

Polysyndeton

"He ran and jumped and laughed and played."

Periodic Sentence

"Despite the storm, the delays, and the exhaustion, they arrived."

Cumulative Sentence

"They arrived, despite the storm, the delays, and the exhaustion."

Rhetorical Question

"Isn’t it obvious?"

Inverted Syntax

"Strong was the force in him."

Genre

Mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, etc.

Theme

The corrupting influence of power.