Figures of Speech

A figure of speech is...

• a familiar expression
• a non-literal way of saying something
• what the author literally means
• something only writers use

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are

• simile and metaphor
• hyperbole and simile
• personification and idiom
• alliteration and metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration.

• idiom
• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The words "like" and "as" typically appear in a...

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important than understanding the meaning of the figure of speech.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

When words are literal, they mean exactly what they say.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?

• simile
• metaphor 
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." 

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3