Analyzing Figurative Language

"The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My life is a dream of wonders" is an example of...

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Charming children chat in the corner" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

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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 as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an idiom?

• An expression that is not meant to be taken literally

• A comparison of two things using like, as, or than

• An exaggerated statement

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is Context?

• Language that is explicit, obvious, out in the open and plainly stated

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

• An expression that is different from the ordinary/actual meaning of the words

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The fly buzzed around us" contains...

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopeia

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Read these lines from a poem:

"My life is like a dream/ it's all up to me." it's an example of...

• similie

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5