Figurative Language Definitions

What is Figurative Language?

• Fun stuff to say

• language used by writers to produce images in a readers' mind

• language used for fun that has no meaning

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which is an example of a Metaphor?

• Mrs. B is a pirate.

• She dances like a frog.

• I caught a fish as big as my car!

• The red heart is a perfect token for Valentine's Day!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of a simile?

• Mrs. B is a pirate.

• The tree dances in the wind.

• I caught a fish as big as my car!

• The red heart is a perfect token for Valentine's Day!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• Mrs. B is a pirate.

• She dances like a frog.

• The Fish I caught was the size of a car!

• The red heart is a perfect token for Valentine's Day!

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is an example of symbolism?

• Mrs. B is a pirate.

• She dances like a frog.

• I caught a fish as big as my car!

• The red heart is a perfect token for Valentine's Day!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which is an example of Personification?

• Let's hit the road.

• Silly Sarah sat sideways.

• The bee buzzed by the girl.

• The tree waved in the wind.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which is an example of an Idiom?

• Let's hit the road.

• Silly Sarah sat sideways.

• The bee buzzed by the girl.

• The tree waved in the wind.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which is an example of an Alliteration?

• Let's hit the road.

• Silly Sarah sat sideways.

• The wasp buzzed by the girl.

• The tree waved in the wind.

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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 is an example of an Onomatopoeia?

• Let's hit the road.

• Silly Sarah sat sideways.

• The bee buzzed by the girl.

• The tree waved in the wind.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which is an example of an Oxymoron?

• Let's hit the road.

• The girl was almost ready to go the speed limit.

• The bee buzzed by the girl.

• The tree waved in the wind.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A