Figures of Speech

1. Zian was as brave as a lion.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2. The cloud cries in despair.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3. I’ve told you to stop a thousand times.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4. My mom has a green thumb.

• apostrophe

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

5. We will swear loyalty to the crown.

• apostrophe

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

6. “Oh nature, thou art my goddess?”

• apostrophe

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

7. "How nice!" she said, when I told her I had to work all weekend. 

• apostrophe

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

8. "Oh, you foolish car, you never work when I need you to," Bert sighed.

• apostrophe

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

9. He is a little thin on top.

• euphemism

• hyperbole

• irony

• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

10. Daniella is a night owl.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D