FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

This sentence is an example of what:  "Who let the cat out of the bag?"

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

This sentence is an example of what: "I'm as hungry as a wolf."

• 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

This sentence is an example of what:  "The palm trees were dancing in the wind."

• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What kind of figurative language is being used?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

• metaphor
• alliteration
• simile
• 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

This sentence is an example of what:  "I’ve seen this movie a thousand times."

• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This sentence is an example of what:  "Don’t judge a book by its cover."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using the words like or as?

• metaphore

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A word or a phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A word that sounds like the thing it means.

• Alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphore

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5