Figures of Speech Ap Eng. Lang

" The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"He is a heartbreak" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• The truth

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"Like a fool she threw away her ticket" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"High blood pressure is very real and dangerous, snatching the lives of many people" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"In contrast to the roaring of the hurricane, the breezes in the eye barely whispered to the frightened trailer court residents huddled beneath the jammed storm cellar door" is an example of?

• Personification

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Animism

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The waves hissed and struck my feet" is an example of?

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Pun

• Animism

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The police station was robbed during donut break time" is an example of?

• Irony

• Satire

• Pun

• Pathetic Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"I won't last a day without my iPhone" is an example of?

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Irony

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"We regard Hitler as a man of not high character" is an example of?

• Litotes

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"The secret service agent said that the eagle has landed" is an example of?

• Synecdoche

• Metonym

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A