Figurative Language

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Simile definition

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Comparing two unlike things using like and 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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Personification?

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Giving human qualities to a non-living thing.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Metaphor: Comparing two things by saying they are each other.

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Comparing two things by saying they are each other.

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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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Paradox: A statement with contradictory ideas expressing a truth.

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A statement with two contradictory ideas actually expressing a truth.

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"He was a car speeding through the streets" is an example of...

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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

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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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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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"The boat sprinted through the water" is a...

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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"I can't live with him, but I also can't live without him" is a...

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Paradox