Figurative Language

'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.' The word 'pop' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

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

It happened once in a blue moon is an example of a(n)...

• Idiom
• Hyperbole 
• Personification
• Alliteration 

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• 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 sound effect
• A comparison of two things using like or as
• The use of a word associated with a sound.

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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

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3