Miss Scholl 5th Grade Figurative Language

The following sentence is an example of what?

"I am so hungry I could eat a whole horse."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which example uses a simile?

• She ran as fast as a cheetah.

• She is a cheetah.

• Ben bakes dog bones for his dog Biscuit.

• I like grapes.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Cathy cans carrots carefully. Is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence uses an idiom?

• She got cold feet the night before her wedding.

• Lightening danced across the sky.

• The world is a stage.

• Hannah's home has heat now, hopefully.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence uses personification?

• The ox ran as fast as a cheetah.

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• He was like an animal.

• Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Which sentence is a metaphor?

• My alarm clock yelled at me to wake up.

• He was as big as a tree.

• Cross your fingers.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentences uses an onomatopoeia?

• The car crashed into a tree as tall as a giant.

• Bees buzz from flower to flower collecting nectar.

• The water rushed down the stream.

• Larry's lizard likes lounging in the sun

QUACK is known as...

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Simile

• Comparing two or more things without using like or as

• Comparing two or more things using like or as

• Exaggeration

• Phrase or sentence that doesn't make sense when looking at the meaning of the words.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Hyperbole

• Exaggeration

• Giving non-human things human-like qualities

• A phrase or sentence that don't make sense when looking at the meaning of the words.

• Comparing things using like or as