Figurative Language

What is figurative language?

• It's language not to be taken literal.
• Languge that means exactly what's said.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human traits to something that is not human

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Descriptive language that creates a picture in your mind is

• imagery
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things? (Not using like or as)
"Mary is a couch potato at the moment."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?
"I’ve seen this movie a million times."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figure of speech imitates sounds associated with objects or actions?
"The cat meowed loudly."
OR
"There it was. Plop. Plop. Plop."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which figurative language is a saying that has its own meaning and cannot be understood easily?
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Her eyes were diamonds; always bright and sparkling! This is an example of:

• Metaphor
• Pun
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside. This is an example of:

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D