Figurative Language

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A comparison 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 hyperbole?

Back

An exaggeration used for emphasis.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A comparison where one thing is said to be another.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is onomatopoeia?

Back

A word that sounds like what it describes.

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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

What does alliteration mean?

Back

Repeating the beginning sound in words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Give an example of personification.

Back

The wind whispered through the trees.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Give an example of a simile.

Back

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Give an example of hyperbole.

Back

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Give an example of a metaphor.

Back

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