Figures of speech

What is a figure of speech?

• A figure of speech is a phrase  used by talking about two very different kinds of things that have a common link.

•  phrases are somewhat similar to metaphors but are more direct than implied in their meaning. In similes, the indirectly implied meaning is replaced

• A figure of speech is a phrase that has an implied meaning and should not be taken at face value.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of the following is not a figure of speech?

• antithesis

• paradoxes

• ironies

• literature

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Figures of speechs are only used in English?

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

How many figures speech are there?

• Sixteen

• Sventeen

• Seventeen

• Thirteen

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

This type of rhetorical figure is constructed by attributing certain human characteristics to inanimate objects.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Opportunity knocked at his/her door.

What figure is this sentence?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

• The Sun is a creature of habit.

• Lightning danced across the sky

• His response was as cold as ice.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following sentences is not an example of personification?

• The wind howled in the night.

• The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• After taking his medication, he became fit as a fiddle.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

We can say that a personification figure is:

• figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.

• These types of phrases are figures of speech that have a similar sounding consonant (non-vowel letters) at the beginning of each word.

• These are rather simple yet unique figures of speech. Onomatopoeiae are words or phrases that are similar to the sounds they produce.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following is an example of personification?

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

• The Sun is a creature of habit.

• She is the apple of my eye.

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CCSS.L.6.5A