Figurative Language

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This figurative language compares 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

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This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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This type of figurative language occurs when you exaggerate a great deal (e.g. "I am starving" instead of "I'm feeling a little hungry")

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg).

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Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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This type of figurative language occurs when you refer to something outside of the text (like if you reference a mythical creature in your short story)

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Allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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"Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled as...

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A 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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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" 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

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The song lyric, "I would walk 500 miles, And I would walk 500 more, Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door," is BEST described as an example of...

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration? Krispy Kreme , She sells sea shells by the seashore , Purple people eater , English class will help me communicate.

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English class will help me communicate.

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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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Onomatopoeia

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a word that sounds like the sound it represents

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5