Types of Figurative Language

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to nonliving things.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two things that are not related.

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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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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike 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

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What does it mean to use figurative language?

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To use words or expressions that are not meant to be taken literally.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Can you give an example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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Can you give an example of hyperbole?

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I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Can you give an example of an idiom?

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It's raining cats and dogs.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Can you give an example of a metaphor?

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Time is a thief.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D