Identifying Figurative Language

"The sky misses the sun at night," is an example of what figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Explain the difference between simile and metaphor.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

True or false. This sentence is a hyperbole, "You snore louder than a train."

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Match the following

• Biting off more than you can chew!

• Onomatopoeia

• Chirp, chirp, the birds sang in the morning.

• Metaphor

• We're up, wide-eyed, wondering while we wait for the others to awaken.

• Personification

• He has a heart of stone.

• Alliteration

• Her stomach cried out for food.

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Using the picture, provide an example of a simile OR metaphor.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4