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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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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An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

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