Figurative, Connotative and Denotative Word Meanings

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What is figurative language?

Back

Using words or phrases that do not have their everyday, literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What is an idiom?

Back

A common phrase that represents a non-literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Which sentence is describing something denotatively (literally)?

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Her cheeks were red because she was nervous.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

Repeating of similar sounds 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

Front

What does denotation mean?

Back

The dictionary definition of a word. The literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What is connotation?

Back

The emotional or cultural association with a word, beyond its literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Give an example of an idiom.

Back

It's raining cats and dogs.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

What is hyperbole?

Back

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What does it mean to compare using similes?

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To compare two 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

What is metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D