Figurative Language

What is figurative language?

• a word that describes a noun

• a phrase that means exactly what it says

• a word or phrase that does not have its normal or literal meaning

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What are 3 examples of figurative language?

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• adverbs

• similes

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• using like or as to make a comparison

• making a non-human thing seem human

• a word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

What is an example of onomatopoeia?

• The jet zoomed across the sky!

• The lake looked beautiful at sunset.

• I am as sleepy as a hibernation bear.

• I see a red, shiny apple.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

What is a simile?

• using like or as to make a comparison

• a word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing

• making a non-human thing seem human

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

What are two examples of similes?

• He is very nice.

• She is as kind as a fairy godmother.

• The snake hissed loudly at me as I ran away.

• The ball streaked across the field like a meteor.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What is personification?

• using like or as to make a comparison

• making a non-human thing seem human

• a word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is an example of personification?

• The tree was easy to climb so we played on it all day.

• The tree invited us to come and play.

• The tree had large branches that seemed to almost reach the sky.

• We built a treehouse in the branches of the tree.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What do you think the author means by the following simile: "The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue."

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What do you think the author means in the following simile:

"The clouds were like ice cream castles in the sky."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D