Figurative Language

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Extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Direct comparison of two unlike things without like or as

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metaphor

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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A saying whose meaning differs from its literal words.

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Definiton of idiom

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Definition of simile

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Same sounds at the start of words in a sentence.

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Definition of alliteration

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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A word that represents a sound, resembling the sound it makes.

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Definition of onomatopoeia

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Non-human object given human traits or emotions

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Definition of Personification

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Definition of oxymoron:

A figure of speech with contradictory terms, e.g., Jumbo Shrimp, alone together, silent scream.

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Definition of oxymoron

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Nerves gripped Reece around the neck and punched her in the gut before she ran onto the court.

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Example of personification

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An object representing an abstract idea (e.g., love, freedom, death)

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symbol