Figurative Language Terms

What figure of speech is used in the following quote...

"Not a bad day's work"

• synecdoche

• apostrophe

• litotes

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

Tick-tock, tick-tock - was all that could be heard in the hospital room.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allegory

• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly."

• alliteration

• metonymy

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"I'm dying to get my hands on the new iPad Pro."

• onomatopoeia

• allegory

• irony

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"The library is the tallest building in town because it has thousands of stories."

• metaphor

• personification

• pun

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"All the world's a stage and we are merely players."

• metaphor

• apostrophe

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why do you, through the windows and the curtains, call on us?"

• simile

• allusion

• apostrophe

• pun

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears."

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

If a fire occurs inside a fire station, what figure of speech is at play?

• irony

• allegory

• litotes

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"Have a little charity... don't be a Scrooge!"

• personification

• synecdoche

• apostrophe

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4