Figures of Speech (G10)

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"Maria was just a trophy to Ricardo, another object to possess."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"The winged creature attacked before dawn and caught the sleeping villagers by surprise."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"If there's one thing that I know, it's that I don't know anything at all."

• paradox

• euphemism

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"The deafening silence in this room is unbearable."

• apostrophe

• euphemism

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"The facility of mentally - challenged people has been renovated."

• apostrophe

• euphemism

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"Books are as powerful as weapons."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"After freedom's sweet kiss, she could never return to the doldrums of the factory."

• personification

• oxymoron

• paradox

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"She never has anything interesting to say."

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.

"The world does not care to hear your sad stories."

• personification

• metaphor

• euphemism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A