Why do people use figurative language?

• To be grammatically correct.

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize and idea and make a point.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because it sounds nice in songs.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a SIMILE?

• A phrase that means something else than what it says.

• Comparing two things by saying one is the other.

• Comparing two things by using "like" or "as."

• A word that resembles the sound it represents.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a METAPHOR?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• A phrase that means something else than what it is.

• Repeating the same beginning sound in neighboring words.

• Comparing two things by saying one is the other.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is ONOMATOPOEIA?

• A word that resembles the sound it makes.

• A dramatic exaggeration.

• When the first sounds of the words are the same.

• A common saying.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is ALLITERATION?

• Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

• A phrase that means something else than what it says.

• A contradictory phrase.

• Repeating the same beginning sound in several words.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is PERSONIFICATION?

• A common saying that means something other than what it says.

• A dramatic exaggeration.

• A word that resembles the sound it makes.

• Giving human traits to objects or ideas

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What are IDIOMS?

• Words or phrases that contradict each other.

• A phrase that means something else than what it says.

• Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

• Comparing two things by saying one is the other.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What type of figurative language is shown?

Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What type of figurative language is shown?

Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What type of figurative language is shown?

Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5