Figure of speech

This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

These parts of speech uses words or phrases to contradict themselves.

• simile/metaphor
• oxymoron/paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• idiom
• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

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

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4