Figurative Language Reading Group

What is a simile?

• compares two like things using the words like or as.

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as.

• compares two unlike things but doesn't use the words like or as.

• does not make comparisons.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the above lyrics and identify if it is a simile or metaphor.

• metaphor

• simile

• both

• neither

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is a metaphor?

• compares two unlike things using like or as.

• compares two like things using like or as.

• compares two unlike things but does not use like or as.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Hyperbole uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

"My backpack weighs a ton" What does this mean?

• The backpack is very heavy.

• The backpack is light.

• It has nothing to do with the backpack.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

"I'm so tired I could sleep a year." What figure of speech is this?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Identify the type of figurative language being used.

• onomotopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which of the below sentences uses onomatopoeia?

• The cricket hopped in the grass.

• The crickets chirped all night.

• The crickets were loud.

• The crickets sang all night.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

This sentence is an example of what:  "Her voice was music to my ears."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

This sentence is an example of what:  "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3