Figurative Language (Powerful / Beautiful)

The highlighted phrases is a _________________:

"Spots of bright light glowed like jewels amidst the dark green forest."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The crazy car is colorful is an example of

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Juxtaposition is...

• The figurative comparison between two unlike things

• Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast

• A position on the football field

• What readers do when they compare and contrast

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which answer makes the following sentence parallel: Last summer I learned to play tennis, to swim, and __________.

• riding a horse

• to ride a hourse

• ride a hourse

• rides a horse

What is Rhyme?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound the same

• Words or phrases that repeat

• The repetition of consonant sounds inside of words

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is repetition?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words or phrases that repeat

• Words that sound the same

• The repetition of consonant sounds inside of words

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

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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