Figures of Speech - Grade 8

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

Because of the political issues blazing in the social media, Candace has already burned bridges when she debated with her friends about voting the best president.

• Candace has ruined her positive relationship with her friends.

• Candace wasn't ready for the upcoming presidential elections.

• Candace was really going to miss her friends.

• Candace has waited until her friends would agree on her choice of president.

Keisha posted her complaints against Ronnie on Facebook and threatened him, but Ronnie didn't even response a word because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha will get in trouble for posting on Facebook.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha has bad attitude.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha is loud but not dangerous.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha has a crush on him.

Life would be better if you try to be in someone's shoes before you identify a person by your one-sided judgments.

• You should borrow somebody else's shoes.

• Having a new pair of shoes would make your life better.

• Your shoes are so uncomfortable that living the life would be really unpleasant.

• You should imagine being that someone first before you start off judging.

A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare to dissimilar things.

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Bang! Bam! Thud! Woosh!

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

My brother's room is a pig pen.

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

The cool, refreshing water quenched her thirst as the blazing, scorching sun radiated on her.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

• Imagery

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Alliteration

I am so hungry that I could even eat a horse!

• Allusion

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Litotes