Figurative Language Metaphors

Which sentence contains a HYPERBOLE?

• The doctor gave her patient a clean bill of health.

• That man is so rich he could feed an entire planet!

• The school comes alive with activity every September.

• None of these.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a roller coaster ride.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The siblings fought like cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is figurative language?

• Language that uses words or expressions that are different from what is actually meant.

• Language that makes reading more interesting.

• Language that makes writing more interesting.

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4