Figurative Language

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What is figurative language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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What is literal language?

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Language in which the words mean exactly what they say.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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What is figurative language?

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Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, such as 'jumbo shrimp' or 'bittersweet'.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'as brave as a lion'.

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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 metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', e.g., '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

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things, e.g., 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, e.g., 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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What is a pun?

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A humorous play on words that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words, e.g., 'Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana'.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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What is alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words, e.g., 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4