figurative language

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Figurative language in: 'She is as pretty as a flower.'

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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

Front

A figure of speech comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

A figure of speech attributing human traits to non-human entities. Example: The moon followed me through the night.

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

I am so hungry I could eat a cow. This figure of speech is _____.

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Naming a thing or action by imitating its sound (e.g., Crash!)

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Onomatopoeia

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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

Meaning of metaphor: "She is a walking dictionary"?

Back

Knows a lot of words.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

An idiom is a group of words that means something different from their literal meaning. Example: 'a drop in the bucket.'

Back

idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

Back

Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Nick's idea was a thought grenade!

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Her eyes were as dark as a thundercloud.

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D