Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Adding human qualities to a non human character

• Extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• Adding human qualities to a non human character

• Extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two things not using like or as

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• Comparing two objects using like or as

• Adding human qualities to a non human character

• Extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is hyperbole?

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two things without using like or as

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which sentence uses a hyperbole?

• She was as quiet as a mouse

• I have a million things to do when I get home.

• The flowers danced in the wind.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is a simile?

• I have a million things to do when I get home.

• The flowers danced in the wind.

• She was as quiet as a mouse.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which uses personification?

• The flowers danced in the wind.

• She is a shining star.

• I have a million things to do when I get home.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which one is a metaphor?

• The flowers danced in the wind.

• I have a million things to do when I get home.

• She is a shining star.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Write either a simile or a metaphor.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Write a sentence using personification or a hyperbole.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A