Figurative Language-3rd grade

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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using the words 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

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A word or a phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.

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idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

A word that sounds like the thing it means.

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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

A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.

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metaphor

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

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A figure of speech you use when you want to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

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hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Where human characteristics, such as thoughts, feelings or actions, are given to something non-human.

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.

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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

Front

"She sell sea shells by the sea shore" 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

Front

"Break a leg" is an example of?

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idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

"It was as big as an elephant," is an example of?

Back

simile

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D