What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to objects

• A phrase that does not make sense literally

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language uses a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is personification?

• A comparison using like or as

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Words that are also sounds

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an idiom?

• A comparison using like or as

• A phrase that does not make sense literally

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Words that are also sounds

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which figurative language involves words that are also sounds?

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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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 an oxymoron?

• A comparison using like or as

• Opposite terms being used together

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Words with the same consonant sound

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which figurative language uses words with the same consonant sound close to each other?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• 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

Which example best illustrates a simile?

• "The wind whistled through the trees"

• "He was a rocket flying across the sky"

• "She is as cool as a cucumber"

• "This is taking forever to be done"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which example best illustrates a metaphor?

• "The wind whistled through the trees"

• "He was a rocket flying across the sky"

• "She is as cool as a cucumber"

• "This is taking forever to be done"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D