Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Understatement

What is... A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Imagery

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is... A comparison of two different things not using like or as.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Time is money" is an example of a...

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figurative language device gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals or ideas.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Symbolism

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"The sun greeted me this morning" is an example of a...

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Calling a broken arm "just a scrape" is considered a....

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Anaphora

• Cliche

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are compared with one another with the use of “like” or “as

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two dissimilar things without the express use of “like” or “as.”

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human

• Idiom

• Understatement

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A boldly overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that adds emphasis without the intention of being literally true

• Allusion

• Understatement

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A