Figurative Language

"I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass" is an example of....

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I have a ton of homework" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Her voice was music to my ears" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The teenager is as hungry as a wolf" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The palm trees were dancing in the wind" is an example of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"I’ve seen this movie a thousand times" is an example of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is alliteration?

• A big exaggeration

• Giving a non-living thing human qualities

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to a non-living thing

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• Repetitive consonant sounds

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a metaphor?

• Using like or as to compare two unlike things

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• A form of word play in which the word has a double meaning.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D