Figurative Language

The alligator's teeth are white daggers is a:

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snow danced around in the wind.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (a)   " is an example of what?

• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• 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

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

• The road was the color of a pancake.

• The road had a lot of bumps.

• The road was very flat.

• The road was in Waco.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

Todd is a walking dictionary!

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd has a dictionary with him.

• Todd is actually a dictionary.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

The trees danced in the wind.

• The trees were falling down.

• The trees were swaying back and forth.

• The wind was really loud.

• The trees were doing the griddy.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A hyperbole is

• repeating the beginning sound in words

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

• an exaggeration

• a word that imitates the sound that it represents

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A