Figurative Language ThinkCerca

What is a comparison using like or as?

• metaphor
• simile
• imagery
• cliche'

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. This is an example of ...... 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ...... 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

BAM!  The door shut behind me. This is an example of ...... 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• 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

What is an onomatopoeia?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
• A comparison using like or as
• A word that is a sound

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an alliteration?

• A word that is a sound
• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• The same beginning sound repeated

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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 personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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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 idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is imagery?

• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sound repeated
• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D