Figurative Language

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.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...

• Carla takes yoga classes.
• She said something embarrassing.
• Carla ate a snack.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Sit tight

• Don't move
• To hurry
• To sit in a small chair

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Alliteration is...

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison using like or as

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound like their meaning

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off the shelf

• Powerful pandas like to punch carrots

• The waves sang to me as they crashed on shore.

• I really liked the chocolate pie.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

"The water well is as dry as a bone" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

"The fire work exploded making a big BOOM in the air" is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3