Figurative Language Terms You GOTTA Know!

"The dog crept into the kitchen like a silent thief" is an example of ...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbol

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"She slept like a log" is an example of...

• She slept soundly.

• She liked to sleep in the woods.

• She slept like a tree

• She didn't sleep

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The library was an ocean of books" is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbol

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When you say "Ava is as talented as Picasso" you are using...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbol

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• symbol

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that spells out a sound

• assonance
• hyperbole
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile
• imagery
• consonance
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Buzz - says the great buzzing bee."

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3