I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 Figurative Language

This compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A figure of speech that compares two different things without using the words "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Giving human qualities to objects or ideas

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Examples are: BUZZ, VROOM, SIZZLE

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

And Uncle Benny's eyes were so big and sparkling, like bright lights spelling out the words "You can do it!"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Kaboom! A gigantic fireball - orange and black - exploded out of the side of the building.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Dad once said that Uncle Benny was like the firehouse cheerleader.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

He was a little butterball stuffed into his pads and brand-new cleats.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Whoosh! There was the sound of shattering glass and a powerful blast of hot wind.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3