Figurative Language- 6th grade

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as

• Comparing two things in a text

• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as

• None of the above

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What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.

• An extreme exaggeration 

• When words sound like what they mean.

• A comparison 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The water well is as dry as a bone is an example of a(n)...

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile 

• Personification

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What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 

• The plant liked to fly.

• Powerful pandas punch parrots.

• I like to eat pie

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

• Personification

• The 4th of July

• Onomatopoeia

• All of the Above

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What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• A word that is a sound

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• An exaggeration

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What is an idiom?

• a phrase that means something else than what it says

• an extreme exaggeration

• comparing two things using like or as

• giving human traits to objects or ideas

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I am the ocean, calm and nurturing on peaceful days yet dangerous if a hurricane forms over me. My waters flow gently under sunny skies or quiet cloudy ones.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Extended Metaphor

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What's the meaning of this personification?"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.

• Photos of me are always really good. 

• I own an expensive camera.

• I like to visit art museums.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The city is a sea of sadness is an example of...

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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