TKAM Figurative Language

"She had put so much starch in my dress it came up like a tent," is an example of

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• symbolism 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Calpurnia, in her navy dress and tub of a hat, walked between Jem and me," is an example of

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"In the beginning its buildings were solid, its courthouse proud . . ." is an example of

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• symbolism

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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

 "Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove" is an example of

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"He had a pink face and a big stomach below his belt."

• simile
• personification
• allusion
• imagery

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"It's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

• allusion
• simile
• symbolism
• foreshadowing

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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

"Thus began our longest journey together."

• simile
• allusion
• foreshadowing
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"As a result, the town [was an] island in a patchwork sea."

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these is an example of foreshadowing?

• When Aunt Alexandra says, "Somebody just walked over my grave."
• "The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October."
• Jem cried and couldn't understand such injustice. 
• Scout participated in the school's pageant. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"Maycomb's proportion of professional people ran high..."

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• foreshadowing

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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