Figures of Speech

"These walls have ears"

This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

"The baby's skin was like a rose petal"

This sentence is an example of:

• metaphor

• personification

• contrast

• simile

"the leaves danced in the wind"

This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

"I am so hungry that I can eat a horse"

This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.

• True

• False

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.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Pretty Ugly" is an example of which Figure of Speech?

• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Steven boxes in the light-heavyweight division.

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

A rich man is no richer than a poor man.

• irony

• paradox

• analogy

• oxymoron