Figurative Language
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is Personification?
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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
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CCSS.L.6.5A
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a Metaphor?
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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: '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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FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a Simile?
Back
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Her smile was as bright as the sun.'
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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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FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is an Idiom?
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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning. Example: 'It's raining cats and dogs.'
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CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is Hyperbole?
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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is Alliteration?
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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. Example: '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
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is an Oxymoron?
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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Example: 'Deafening silence.'
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CCSS.L.9-10.5A
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