Figures of Speech

The flames of the fire licked the sky. *Choose the correct figure of speech

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The rustling leaves outside my window kept me awake. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

She was as bright as a star in the midnight sky. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My mom is going to explode when I show her my grades. *Choose the correct figure of speech

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hercules is a symbol of strength. *Choose the correct figure of speech

• Idiom

• Pun

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. *Choose the correct figure of speech

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The barbarians broke though the barricade. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

• Personification

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The road to success is always under construction. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

• Pun

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Let's call it a day. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

• Pun

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

We go together like peanut butter and jelly. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D