Task on Figures of Speech

This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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

• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of the following statement is a personification?

• The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.

• The sun is a ball of fire.

• His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.

• The baby is as meek as a lamb.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The fat comedian is as plump as a pillow." is what figure of speech?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

She was so hungry she could eat a horse.

• personification

• metonymy

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Why do literary writers use figurative language?

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3