Figurative Language

Name this figurative language!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What makes this picture a simile?

• It's an exaggeration.

• It's an implied comparison of 2 ideas.

• It's a comparison of 2 ideas using like or as.

• It gives human qualities to a non-human.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which sentence is a hyperbole?

• For dinner, I ordered the pizza because it was talking to me.

• I ran as fast as the wind.

• Her eyes were diamonds sparkling in the sun.

• My coach was so mad at us for losing the game, he made us run a million laps!

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is personification?

• The cat was like royalty in his house.

• The cat's meow was as loud as fireworks.

• The cat must have eaten hundreds of mice!

• The cat's toy danced along the carpet exciting the cat.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence is a metaphor?

• I ran a billion stairs to get to class.

• Before my mom drinks her coffee, she is a dragon.

• Donald duck is as old as dirt.

• The leaves were dancing in the wind during the storm.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sentence is a simile?

• The puzzle is as complex as a rubix cube.

• I could eat a horse I am so hungry!

• The fan was humming as it was swirling around on the hot summer day.

• If you would just like move, I could get by!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D