Figurative Language

"Zoom, Pow, Crash" is an example of what figurative language?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a great exaggeration to create emphasis or effect

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

He's as skinny as a toothpick!

• proverb/adage

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Slow and steady wins the race.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My hair is a vast forest of climbing vines is an example of...

• idiom
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was home in a split second.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"You are my sunshine" is an example of what figurative language?

• Metaphor?

• Alliteration

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney.

• simile

• metaphor

• proverb/adage

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D