Figures of Speech Review

A figure of speech is...

• a familiar expression
• a non-literal way of saying something
• what the author literally means
• something only writers use

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are

• simile and metaphor
• hyperbole and simile
• personification and idiom
• alliteration and metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration.

• idiom
• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The words "like" and "as" typically appear in a...

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?

• simile
• metaphor 
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." 

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is.

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony 
• situational irony
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “Wonderful weather we’re having!”

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

How does this photo show dramatic irony? (click the text to see the picture)

• The prisoner thinks he's escaping but we know he's in for an unpleasant surprise
• You don't expect an outhouse (toilet) to be next to a prison
• The prisoner is clearly sarcastic
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

In your history book, you read about a young man in the Irish War of Independence who kills a British soldier.  That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favourite cousin.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A