Figurative Language 2022

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 a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, yet, as, or so

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does not use like or as

• words that sound like their meaning

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Allusion

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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 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.11-12.5A

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of 

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• The 4th of July
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which is an example of personification?

• The crystal vase was expensive.

• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant called for rain.

• I like to eat pie.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Standing tall and frozen like statues in a vacant courtyard

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which idiom matches the picture?

• It's a game of cat and mouse.

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• The cat has his tongue.

• It's better late than never.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B