figurative language

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Simile or Metaphor?
My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does this mean?
When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. 

• very slow
• moves pretty quickly
• still beats everyone
• he's super fast

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of...

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is an alliteration?

• A word that is a sound
• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• The same beginning sound repeated

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The snow is a white blanket.
This is an example of: 

• personification 
• metaphor 
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Idiom

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4