WLMS Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• A direct comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human traits to non-human objects

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• A comparison without 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

What does the metaphor 'Life's a roller coaster' imply?

• Life is scary like a roller coaster

• Life has its ups and downs

• Life is always fun

• Life requires a ticket

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which example illustrates personification?

• I've told you a million times

• The wind whispered through the trees

• She is as fast as a cheetah

• He has a heart of stone

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does the idiom 'It's raining cats and dogs' mean?

• It is raining very heavily

• Cats and dogs are fighting

• Animals are falling from the sky

• It is a sunny day

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement for effect

• An understatement

• A type of fruit

• A direct comparison

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A