Figurative Language Review

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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CCSS.L.4.5A

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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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CCSS.L.4.5

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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

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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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CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Language and poetic techniques use to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader.

• Verse

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

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Idioms, proverbs, and adages are examples of _________________ language.

• literal

• figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

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Choose the correct meaning of each underlined proverb or adage.

Omar said, "Remember, slow and steady whins the race. Run a little each day, and soon you'll become a good runner."

• If you run slowly, you will win races.

• It is better to run slowly than to win a race.

• Slow workers have the most success.

• Patience and hard word bring success.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the correct meaning of each underlined proverb or adage.

I promised to run every day, but that was easier said than done.

• easily said

• easily done

• easier to talk about than to do

• easier to run than to promise

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CCSS.L.4.5B

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Choose the correct meaning of each underlined proverb or adage.

Then I though, "If I want to be a good runner, I have to practive. I know that practice makes perfect!"

• Being perfect is important.

• You must practice perfectly.

• You must practive something every day.

• Practicing is the way to get good at something.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B