Figurative Language

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Simile definition

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Comparing two things using like and as.

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Metaphor: Comparing two things without using like and as.

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Comparing two things without using like and as.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Example of alliteration:

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Powerful pandas punch parrots.

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Onomatopoeia is...

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The use of a word associated with a sound.

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Firework explosion example:

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Onomatopoeia

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He was as cool as a cucumber is an example of a(n)

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Simile

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What is an idiom?

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A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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As tiny as a mouse.

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Simile

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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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When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

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Hyperbole

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