Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole and structure

"Superman is a man of steel." This is an example of...

• a metaphor
• a simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"That man is a walking dictionary." This is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
• After the game, a tornado hit.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The train screamed down the tracks. 

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Personification 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The clock is the keeper of time. 

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The leaves fell like rain. 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Perosonificatio
• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Define METAPHOR - 

• repeating beginning sounds
• a figure of speech
• sound words
• comparing without "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D