Figures of Speech

What are figures of speech?

• expressions that express ideas and feelings beyond the actual meaning of words

• expressions that are ideas and feelings meant to be taken literally

• people who can speak properly

• people who can't speak properly

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the following statement as figures of speech:

Well, that went over like a lead balloon.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

A metonym is a kind of _________.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Proverb

• Saying

All figures of speech draw on ____ to some degree.

• Irony

• Literal Truth

• Simile

• Metaphor

Which of these is a figure of speech?

• “Life is like a box of chocolates.”

• “All the world’s a stage”

• “Hand me the salt, would you?”

• All of the above