Figurative language

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A comparison of two unrelated things

• An exaggerated statement

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Break a leg

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Cliche

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Define hyperbole

• An overused phrase

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• An over exaggeration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red

• She gets really angry

• She talks very loudly

• She spits when she talks

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Look outside! Its raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Time flies by! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4