ELA - Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, and Personification

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means exactly what the words say.
• Language full of descriptive words
• Language used for comparing and contrasting

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

My bed called to me.

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

My brother is a boiling pot of madness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personifcation
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I spent an eternity working my my language arts project.

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The math assignment was a breeze.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

She is as thin as a toothpick.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile
• personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The wind sang through the trees.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

That girl is as tough as nails.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

My brain screamed in pain from all of the noise.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5