Figures of Speech

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"Kiara has the heart of a lion." Identify the Figure of Speech used in this sentence.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"These walls have ears."

This sentence is an example of :

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

This sentence is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

This sentence is an example of:

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• ALliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The beautiful, blue butterfly bumped into a box."

The Figure of Speech used in this sentence is:

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief."

Identify the Figure of Speech used in this sentence.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm."

This sentence is an example of :

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I am sweating buckets."

Identify the Figure of Speech used in this sentence.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A