Figurative Language Definition

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• assonance

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is the definition of "figurative language"?

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is figurative language?

• It's language not to be taken literally.

• Languge that means exactly what's said.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is figurative language?

• something that guides through an intricate procedure or maze of difficulties specifically

• hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word

• when a writer describes something by comparing it with something else

• an example might be found nearby that helps to explain its meaning

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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 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

What is Figurative Language?

• Fun stuff to say

• language used by writers to produce images in a readers' mind

• language used for fun that has no meaning

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things without  using  like and as

• Comparing two things in a text

• Comparing two things using  like and as

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D