Figures of Speech Comprehension

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

• Climax

• Pun

• Euphemism

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The Hikers continued up the weary path.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Transferred Epithet

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God.

• Climax

• Synecdoche

• Interrogation

• Exclamation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The gray beard always steers youth towards the path of truth

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

It was adequate enough

• Alliteration

• Tautology

• Repetition

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He is a little tipsy

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

• Synecdoche

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

If I can't buy that perfect prom dress, I'll die!

• Interrogation

• Climax

• Hyperbole

• Tautology

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

On the same day she lost her family, fortune, and her mobile

• Climax

• Anti-Climax

• Euphemism

• Transferred Epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Tomorrow will come the decision.

• Personification

• Euphemism

• Pun

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5