figurative language

A word that originates from a sound. For example: snap, crash

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Exaggeration that couldn't happen in real life

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

comparing two things using LIKE or AS

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Expressions that mean something completely different from what the phrase indicates. Example: It is raining cats and dogs.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The act of giving human qualities, traits or actions to objects, concepts or animals. Example: The leaves danced in the wind.

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• 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

The repetition of the first letter of each word in a phrase or sentence. Example: Mary munched marshmallows merrily.

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• 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

comparing two things without using LIKE or AS.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Dinosaurs dig ditches to drive away dangerous dragons.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The snow is a white blanket.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It is so cold the polar bears are wearing jackets.

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A