”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia.

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

• Break a leg

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a metaphor? 

• Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them
• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
• Big exaggeration, usually with humor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an example of a metaphor? 

• She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel. 
• The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays. 
• Her hair was silk. 
• Buzz, Hiss, Woof 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A simile... 

• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
• Big exaggeration, usually with humor
• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
• The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Hyperbole
• Personification 
• Simile 
• Metaphor 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device? 

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• 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