Figures of Speech

The light in her eyes can repel or entice. What figure of speech was used here?

• metaphor

• simile

• consonance

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She stood out like the Sun. What figure of speech was used here?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The Sun has already set when she went back . If only she waited some more... What figure of speech was used here?

• euphemism

• ellipsis

• apostrophe

• metaphor

She made me want to stay, so I said my goodbyes. What figure of speech was used here?

• metaphor

• personification

• irony

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She was the rose in a garden filled with thorns. What figure of speech was used here?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The wind bowed down to her grace. What figure of speech was used here?

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The shrieks of pain and glory hindered her mind. What figure of speech was used here?

• euphemism

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The Moon carried her in its arms and rocked her to permanent sleep. What figure of speech was used here?

• ellipsis

• metaphor

• euphemism

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She carries the world in her hand. What figure of speech was used here?

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She shouldn't be shamed by the shrugs of the people. What figure of speech was used here?

• consonance

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4