Figure of Speech

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

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"It was a piece of cake"
What does it mean?

• It was easy.
• It was hard.
• It was chocolate cake.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"I’m all ears." 
What does it mean?

• I’m not listening.
• I am listening.
• I have ears all over my face.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Kara has the heart of a lion."
What does it mean?

• She is very scared.
• She is shy.
• She is very brave.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day

• metaphor
• allusion
• simile
• anaphora

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The night is a big, black cat" is an example of 

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Max's personality is as colorful as a box of crayons" is an example of

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which one of these is an example of an idiom?

• I'm like a pineapple because I'm sweet on the inside
• I'm so smart 
• I'm taller than a building
• I don't think I'm tall

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B