Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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Alliteration is...

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison using like or as

• repeated sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound like their meaning

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound the way they are spelled

• 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.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of two things when one 'becomes another'. It does not use 'like' or 'as'.

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5A

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is an idiom?

• A common expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• a comparison of two things using like, as, or than

• an exaggerated statement

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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CCSS.L.4.5B

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.L.6.5A

"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.L.4.5A

"The fly 'buzzed' around us" contains...

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom