Figurative Language

What is a comparison using like or as?

• metaphor
• simile
• imagery
• cliche'

Time flies by! Is an example of....

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.K.1

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. This is an example of ...... 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! This is an example of ...... 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.SL.K.2

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggeration
• A word that is a sound
• A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

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CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.SL.K.2

CCSS.SL.K.3

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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CCSS.L.K.4A

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.4

CCSS.SL.K.2

What is a metaphor?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A comparison not using like or as
• Words that are sounds
• A comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.1

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.SL.K.2

What is imagery?

• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sound repeated
• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.1

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fuzzy