Figures of Speech

Do not be comfortable with your laurels yet, as the bigger victory is to win the war, not the battle.

• metonymy

• euphemism

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

The visually-impaired man rode with his service dog.

• metonymy

• euphemism

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Your life is worth more than any gold in the world.

• metonymy

• euphemism

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Ever-elusive Happiness, please be mine.

• metonymy

• euphemism

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Bright star, I wonder why I can't harness that radiance you carry.

• metonymy

• euphemism

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The aesthetically-challenged man will undergo cosmetic surgery.

• metonymy

• euphemism

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The cookies are awfully good!

• oxymoron

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.

• oxymoron

• paradox

“The more you look, the less you see.”

• oxymoron

• paradox

There is a deafening silence in the library.

• oxymoron

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A