Quiz 1 - Figure of Speech

An expression used to make a greater effect on your reader or listener.

• Figure of Speech

• Types of Speech

• Parts of Speech

• Kinds of Speech

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

How many figures of speech do English Grammar have?

• 8 - 10

• 10 - 13

• 15 - 20

• 30 - 45

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This Dictionary defines Figure of Speech as "a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meaning in order to create a particular mental picture or effect.”

• Oxford Learner’s Dictionary

• The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• English Dictionary

• Wikipedia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This Dictionary defines Figure of Speech as "a form of expression (such as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener.”

• Oxford Learner’s Dictionary

• Macmillan Dictionary

• The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• English Dictionary

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This Dictionary defines Figure of Speech as "“an expression in which the words are used figuratively, not in their normal literal meaning.”

• Oxford Learner’s Dictionary

• Macmillan Dictionary

• English Dictionary

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A figure of speech that is mainly used to compare two or more things that possess a similar quality.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A Figure of Speech that is used to make a comparison, but in a way different from a simile. It makes the comparison as if it was literally true.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that is used to attribute human characteristics to something that is not human.

• Personification

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A figure of speech that is used to address someone who is absent or already dead.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A literary device that uses similar phonetic sounds in continuity to make an effect.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4