Figurative Language Recap

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A simile

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comparing two unlike 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

Front

A metaphor

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compares two unlike things without 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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Alliteration is

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the repeated consonant sound at the beginning 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

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The bee buzzed by my face is an example of

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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

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Tripp told a tall tale is an example of

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alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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He's in hot water is an example of

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an idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Hyperbole always...

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exaggerates

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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My bursting pants told me I had enough to eat is an example of

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Group of words with a meaning different from the literal:

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an idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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'Baby, you're a firework' is an example of

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a metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D