Figurative Language Review

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

A______ is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

• simile
• figurative speech
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration
• A little exaggeration
• Similar sounds
• Compares two things using like or as

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is alliteration?

• The end of sounds is the same.
• The beginning of the first word of a sentence is the same.
• The beginning of at least 2 words in a row sounds the same
• It is an exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word that imitates a sound, for example, buzz and pop or whisper and echo.

• Onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.4

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

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CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I stood there for a moment, listening to the whip and snap of the curtains. The figurative language used here is an example of -

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• The 4th of July

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

He was as cool as a cucumber is an example of a(n)

• Simile
• Dessert
• Metaphor
• None of the above

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4