Figurative Language Basics with Sound of Thunder

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

a comparison of one thing as if it IS or WERE something else

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

(breeze blew briskly)

• alliteration

• consonance

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

sounds that imitate meanings
(pop, fizz, hiss)

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following word pairs is an example of alliteration?

• claws and paws

• head and heart

• ram and jam

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia?

• gurgle and babble

• flow and flower

• serve and protect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the representation of an animal or object that has the personality, actions, or emotions of a human

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

an intentional exaggeration

• hyperbole

• personification

• analogy

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The metaphor, “each lower leg was a piston…” is meant to emphasize…

• The power behind each leg and the dinosaur’s ability to move freely

• The height of the dinosaur compared to the trees.

• The fierceness of the dinosaur as it attacks the hunters.

• The inability of the dinosaur to be killed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5