FIGURES OF SPEECH

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The rich fields were the farmer’s treasure." is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following statement is a personification?

• The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.

• The sun is a ball of fire.

• His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.

• The baby is as meek as a lamb.

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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

"The fat comedian is as plump as a pillow." is what figure of speech?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

She was so hungry she could eat a horse.

• personification

• metonymy

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.

• 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

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

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• idiom

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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

What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?

• simile
• metaphor 
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." 

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3