Figures of Speech

Earth is our Mother and our tent, the sky.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• APOSTROPHE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The humble bee’s bass and drums boomed beneath.

• ASSONANCE

• ALLITERATION

• LITOTES

• OXYMORON

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The tumult has reached the stars.

• ALLUSION

• HYPERBOLE

• SYNECHDOCHE

• METONYMY

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I long have had a quarrel with time for robbing me always.

• PARADOX

• SIMILE

• PERSONIFICATION

• PUN

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

You can save money by spending it.

• OXYMORON

• LITOTES

• PUN

• PARADOX

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

My love for you is as wide as the universe, as deep as the ocean.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

There is no “Open Sesame” to the treasure of knowledge.

• SYNECHDOCHE

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• ONOMATOPOEIA

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Truly, your voice is amazing! That will be your last song, okay?

• PARADOX

• OXYMORON

• IRONY

• LITOTES

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard.

• ALLITERATION

• SIMILE

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• HYPERBOLE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A lot of teachers are having a working vacation this summer.

• PARADOX

• OXYMORON

• IRONY

• LITOTES

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6