Figurative Language

Life is like a box of chocolates

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The pencil danced across the paper

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• symbol

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Tommy is a bull in a china stop

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I told you one million times to clean your room

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My mom is as smart as a dictionary

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things
• Words that sound like sounds
• Comparing two things using like or as
• Exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like sounds
• Two or more words that begin with the same sound
• Exaggeration
• Giving a thing the qualities of a person

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a metaphor?

• Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
• Comparing two things using like or as
• Words that begin with the same sound
• Saying one thing is another thing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is hyperbole?

• Words that begin with the same sound
• Using an unbelievable exaggeration
• Words that sound like sounds
• Comparing two things that are not alike

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A