Figures of Speech

A figure of speech is...

• a familiar expression
• a non-literal way of saying something
• what the author literally means
• something only writers use

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Define "Simile"

• A comparison of 2 unlike things that have a common trait

• A comparison of 2 unlike things, using the word "like" or "as"

• An object that represents a deeper idea or has a deeper meaning

• A contrast of two things

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration.

• idiom
• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Personification

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of the same or letter at the beginning of the word?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Simile

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

She was so hungry she could eat a horse.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." 

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6