Figurative Language

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
• When words sound like what they mean.
• An exaggeration when the truth is no longer believable 

• A comparison 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

My grandson is such a clown when he comes to my house to play.

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the meaning behind this hyperbole? I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.
• I don't want to see the movie.
• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The old oak tree stood strong against the tornado-like winds.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which phrase is the oxymoron?

• cold as ice

• earn money by spending it

• open secret

• silent room

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Lilly and Hannah are over the moon because they won tickets to see Post Malone in Charlotte.

over the moon means

• extremely overjoyed

• miserable

• glad

• furious 

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which idiom means "to create trouble or cause a problem"?

• My grandpa is so good at making up funny stories, we tell him he knows how to spin a yarn.

• You don't need to keep helping Martha. She can paddle her own canoe.

• When Will started talking mumbo jumbo, everyone in his class laughed.

• When Martin has a bad day, he always stirs up a hornet's next.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B