Figurative Language

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• idiom

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

These shoes take 50 million years to put on.

• imagery
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is alliteration?

• A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.
  
• Repeating words or phrases
  
• Language that appeals to the five senses
• The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The flame in the candle danced in the dark.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tex was tickled as he tasted the tarantula's toes.

• alliteration
• repetition
• hyperbole
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9