Figures of Speech
Name this figure of speech:
He was as strong as an oak tree.
What is a simile?
She went (their/there/they're) once.
What is there?
I (know/no) what the answer is.
What is know?
She exclaimed, "I won _"
What is an exclamation point?
How do you spell the figure of speech that means using a metaphor that uses like or as?
What is S-I-M-I-L-E?
Name this figure of speech:
The car roared to life.
What is personification?
(Their/There/They're) dog ran away when it stormed.
What is their?
Alex was angry (to/two/too).
What is too?
After the race _ Alan ate a hamburger.
What is a comma?
How do you spell the word that means the repetition of vowel sounds?
What is A-S-S-O-N-A-N-C-E?
Name this figure of speech:
Macy was the glue that held together our friendship.
What is a metaphor?
Allie said that (their/there/they're) going to leave at noon.
What is they're?
He went (buy/bye/by) the golf course on his way home.
What is by?
A comma is missing, where does it go?
The cat slept, bathed and ate all day.
What is after bathed or before and?
How do you spell the word that means giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics?
What is P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N?
Name this figure of speech:
The pig squealed as Kate chased him around the pen.
What is onomatopoeia?
Who left (their/there/they're) phone in the bathroom?
What is their?
Candace picked a handful of (flours/flowers) for her mom.
What are flowers?
Where does the semicolon go?
He wrote a grocery with lots of vegetables that included carrots, onions, peppers, peas, green beans, and corn.
What is after included or before carrots?
How do you spell the word that's definition is the formation of a word that is associated with it's sound?
What is O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A?
Name this figure of speech:
That house was pretty ugly.
What is an oxymoron?
(Their/There/They're) going to leave (their/there/they're) dog at Grandma's house when they go on vacation.
What is They're and their?
She went (threw/through) a (hole/whole) packet of mint Oreos in one day.
What are through and whole?
Where does the question mark and period go?
"Why did she run" asked Kacey
How do you spell the word the figure of speech that means to form a list with a conjunction (like and) between each item in a list?
What is P-O-L-Y-S-Y-N-D-E-T-O-N?