Figurative Language Study Guide

Giving human characteristics or traits to non-living things.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Using “like” or “as” to make a comparison between two things that are not alike in most ways but share one important similarity. The meaning of the comparison is made through that similarity.

• Metaphor

• Smile

• Simile

• Metapor

What is extreme exaggeration used to create an effect?

• Hyperbowle

• Hyperbole

• Exaggeration

• Sarcasism

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

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Simile or Metaphor:
My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

• Take-off!
• Pow!
• Blast!
• Fly

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.
• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
• She is a beautiful flower.
• She is very pretty.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D