Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed Vocab and Figurative

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Figurative Language

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Word/phrase with non-literal meaning

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Simile

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Compares two things using like or as.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Example of a Simile

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He is brave like a lion.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Metaphor

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Comparing two unlike things with a commonality.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Example of a metaphor

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Her tears were a river flowing down her cheek.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Personification

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Applying human traits to non-human things.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Example of personification

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The lightning danced across the sky.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Onomatopoeia

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Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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Example of onomatopoeia

Back

Pow

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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Oxymoron

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Contradictory terms in conjunction

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A