Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

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Alliteration is...

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison using like or as

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound like their meaning

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

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CCSS.L.4.5

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Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie

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He was a car speeding through the streets is an example of...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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He was as cool as a cucumber is an example of a(n)

• Simile
• Dessert
• Metaphor
• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

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The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile

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