Figurative Language

Actions speak louder than words.

• What you do is more important than what you say.

• What you do or say is not important.

• What you say is more important than what you do.

• Be careful what you say.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the best meaning of the proverb.

Practice makes perfect.

• You will be perfect if you tell the truth.

• The more you do something, the better you will get at it.

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When Danny asked his grandmother while she saved used wrapping paper, she replied, "Waste not, want not."

• If you don't want anything, you are not a wasteful person.
• If you carefully save things, you will not find yourself in need of things.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

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I didn't want to move to a different town, but every cloud has a silver lining, I made lots of friends at my new school.

• You can find something good in every bad situation.
• You can find interesting shapes in every cloud in the sky.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

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When it rains, it pours.

• In times of plenty, we must remember people who suffer more than
  we do.
• Light sprinkles generally turn into violent storms.
• The wetter you get, the harder it rains.
• When luck changes, it tends to change dramatically.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

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The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.

What sense is the author trying to appeal too?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Taste

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Stacey fragrance was like sweet cherry blossoms.

What sense is the author trying to appeal too?

• Sound

• Touch

• Sight

• Smell

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CCSS.L.4.5

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Which of these is the best definition of imagery?

• anything that is literal

• giving a human trait to something non-human

• language that appeals to the reader's five senses

• descriptions that are not literally true

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.

• sound
• sight
• smell
• touch

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What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A