Figurative Language Flashcard

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

Comparing two things NOT 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

Front

Imagery

Back

Visually descriptive language appealing to the 5 senses.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Simile:

Back

A comparison that uses like or as.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Hyperbole

Back

An extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Idiom: An expression with a meaning different from the words.

Back

An expression whose meaning is different than the words.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Onomatopoeia:

Back

a word that is like the sound it makes

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Alliteration

Back

Repetition of the beginning letter of words

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Symbol: an object that represents something else

Back

an object that represents something else

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5