Siphesihle Vilane . ST10090239: English - Figures of Speech

A metaphor is a comparison without the use of

• if or is

• that or the

• as or like

• what or who

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An Extended Metaphor is when an author uses a metaphor throughout a long passage or even an entire poem.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

__________ is an abstract idea, an inanimate object or a person who is no longer living is addressed or spoken to as id it were human.

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Oh, rose, how sweet you smell and how bright you look!" this sentence is an example of this figure of speech.

• Alliteration

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Personification

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Example of Repetition

• The woods decay, the woods decay, and fall

• The fair breeze below the white foam flew...

• Oh my Love like a red red rose

• Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of Onomatopoeia

• Running

• Drink

• Buzz!!

• Noisy

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Imagery is the term given to describe the repetition of vowel sounds.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The trees ​________ in the wind.

The sun _________ ​ happily down at us.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Irony implies the human qualities of what is being said.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.8.5A