Figurative Language/Irony

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

”Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary,” - Edgar Allan Poe

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.'  The word 'pop' is an example of:

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

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CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

The little road says, Go,
The little house says, Stay!
This is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4