Figure of Speech

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

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech is...

• what the author literally means

• a non-literal way of saying something

• a familiar expression

• something only writers use

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"It was a piece of cake"

What does it mean?

• It was chocolate cake.

• It was hard.

• It was easy.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"I’m all ears."

What does it mean?

• I am listening.

• I’m not listening.

• I have ears all over my face.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a ......

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"Her head is in the clouds."

What does it mean?

• She is flying.

• She is floating in the clouds.

• she is dreaming

• She is not paying attention.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B