Figurative Language

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Lightning danced across the sky! This is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

'She sang of his love forever.'  is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Peter Parker here to pick up a passport.

• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

• Take-off!
• Pow!
• Blast!
• Fly

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the use of words and phrases in an unusual way?  Writers often use this to make their writing more colorful, powerful, and interesting.  Examples include simile, metaphor, irony, and personification.

• Text Features 
• Sensory Images 
• Figurative Language 
• Rhyming Couplet

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3