Figure of Speech

1. The man fights like a lion on the soccer field.

• a. metaphor

• b. simile

• c. irony

• d. personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2. She is as sweet as her grandmother.

• a. metaphor

• b. personification

• c. simile

• d. alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3. We will swear loyalty to the crown.

• a. paradox

• b. irony

• c. personification

• d. metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

4. Time is money.

• a. metaphor

• b. simile

• c. personification

• d. hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5. "Peter Piper picked a peck of picked pepper."

• a. vision

• b. alliteration

• c. lilotes

• d. synecdoche

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6. The wind whispered softly in the night.

• a. metaphor

• b. irony

• c. personification

• d. hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

7. "Men work together whether they work together or apart."

• a. oxymoron

• b. paradox

• c. hyperbole

• d. metaphor

8. The corn went "pop-pop" in the microwave.

• a. alliteration

• b. onomatopoeia

• c. euphemism

• d. personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

9. I have told you a billion times not to lie!

• a. hyperbole

• b. irony

• c. paradox

• d. oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

10. “The squirrels' nuts were hidden in several hollow trees throughout the forest.”

• a. vision

• b. apostrophe

• c. alliteration

• d. personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4