Figurative Language

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• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Her hair was like a nest.

• hyperbole

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her eyes were as dark as the color of a thundercloud.

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Nick was dying of curiosity.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification

• Giving human qualities to a human
• Giving non living qualities to living things
• Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
• Giving human qualities to a non human things

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an example of an alliteration?

• Sally sat on her porch watching the leaves sway in the trees.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• The plant was flying in the wind.

• I like to eat pie.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement

• A comparison without using like or as

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• The use of a word associated with a sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A