Figures of Speech

"Her face is as white as snow," is an example of ______

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What word imitates a sound in the following sentence: "I heard the humming of bees?"

• heard

• humming

• bees

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What figure of speech is described as the usage of exaggerated terms in order to emphasize or heighten the effect of something?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is not an example of simile?

• He eats like a pig.

• She is as white as snow.

• Love is a battlefield.

• She acts like Maria Clara.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following words does not imitate a sound?

• Buzz

• Clap

• Rough

• Thud

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"My wallet is crying," is an example of

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated objects or ideas without the use of as or like.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It is described as the use of word which imitates a sound.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Ribbit!" the frog said to the snake. "You must let me pass!" is an example of what two types of figurative language?

• Onomatopoeia - Metaphor

• Simile - Personification

• Onomatopoeia - Personification

• Hyperbole - Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the difference between Simile and Metaphor? Give examples.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D