Figurative Language

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Figurative language comparing two things using "like" or "as".

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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

Metaphor does not use 'like' or 'as' to compare.

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False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Metaphors and similes compare two things.

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True

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Figurative language that exaggerates or adds drama?

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hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Figurative language that gives human traits to nonhuman things.

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Figurative language with a meaning different from the words.

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idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Figurative language: "The rock skipped on the lake's surface."

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Figurative language in the quote: "No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Back

simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Figurative language in the quote: "During the summer, the season of afternoon rain, the animals misbehaved the most, and on rainy days her bones misbehaved as well."

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A