Figures of speech revision

Deliberate exaggeration which draws the attention to a message that you want to emphasise

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word imitating a sound which makes the story become more lively and interesting

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Antithesis

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A direct comparison in which two things are compared directly by using 'like' (A is like B.)

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

A question without a direct answer, mainly because it's obvious, raised by the author or speaker

• Question mark

• Double question

• Rhetorical question

• Easy question

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Repeating words or phrases throughout the text to emphasise certain facts or ideas

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of initial consonant sound which draws attention to the phrase and is often used for emphasis

• Antithesis

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Contrasting relationship between two ideas to draw the reader's attention directly to the contrast

• Metaphor

• Rhetorical question

• Personification

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or abstractions in order to make a narration more interesting and lively

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Figurative expression which compares two different things in a figurative sense. “Like” and “as” are not used (A is B.).

• Simile

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D