Figurative Language

What is a personification?

• A person's name.

• An expression that does not have a literal meaning.

• Gives an object human actions or expressions.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which one is an example of a personification?

• Daniel ate an ice cream.

• That costs me an arm and a leg!

• The flower danced in the wind.

• The sun was warm on the child's face.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is being personified?

"The orange wall screamed at her when she walked by."

• The wall.

• Walked by.

• Screamed.

• Orange.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I had a ton of chores!

• personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Simile or metaphor?

He was so scared he was as white as a ghost.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When two things are being compared using like or as, it is called a _____.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as is:

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D