Figurative Language

Choose the best personification definition:

• Comparing two objects & saying one IS another
• The use of descriptive words
• Gives human characteristics to non-human things
• Phrase meaning is different from literal meaning

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose the best alliteration definition:

• A word that imitates the sound it repeats
• Repetition of the beginning sounds in words 
• Meaning of phrase is different from it's literal expression
• Use of descriptive words

Choose the best simile definition:

• Comparing two objects and saying one IS another
• Showing happiness in poetry
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose the best onomatopoeia definition:

• Repeating the beginning sounds in words
• A word that imitates the sound it repeats
• An over-exaggeration
• Phrase meaning is different from literal expression

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose the best metaphor definition:

• Comparing two things without "like" or "as"
• An over-exaggeration
• Comparing two objects saying one IS like another
• Use of descriptive words

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose the best hyperbole definition...

• Gives human characteristics to non-human things
• Meaning of phrase is different from its literal meaning
• Use of descriptive words calling on any of the 5 senses
• An over-exaggeration

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose the best idiom definition...

• An over-exaggeration
• Gives human characteristics to non-human things
• Phrase meaning is different from its literal expression
• Use of descriptive words

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My hair is a vast forest of climbing vines is an example of...

• idiom
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Dogs dodge dancing dandelions is an example of...

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

When I saw my baseball break the window, I ran away like a chicken is an example of...

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile
• personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4