Figures 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.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This figure of speech compares two unlike things using like or as to help make the comparison.

• 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

"Pretty Ugly" is an example of which Figure of Speech?

• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"These walls have ears"
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"The baby's skin was like a rose petal"
This sentence is an example of:

• metaphor
• personification
• contrast
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I am so hungry that I can eat a horse"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
  
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• contrast
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"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

What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5