Lauren has made up her mind to volunteer every Tuesday after school.

• Figurative

• Literal

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

My teammate is a snail and a turtle combined!

• Figurative

• Literal

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the best definition of imagery? 

• Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
  
• An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
•  A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
• Exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following lines from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” contains imagery?

• The woods are lovely, dark and deep
•  But I have promises to keep
• And miles to go before I sleep
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Simile or Metaphor:
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Simile or Metaphor:
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a metaphor?

• Compares two things using like or as
• Compares two things NOT using like or as
• Gives human qualities to objects
• It's a sound word

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The classroom was a zoo. What does this metaphor mean?

• The students were loud and crazy in class.
• Some animals from the zoo visited our classroom.
• The class went on a field trip to the zoo.
• Some animals should be kept as pets in the classroom.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the figure of speech?

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Whistling
• Happiness
• Walking
• Hiking

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CCSS.L.6.5A