Figurative Language

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means just what the words say.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
My big brother is a couch potato.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
He is a walking dictionary.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fuzzy

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3