Poetry Figurative Language

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the meaning of the metaphor "You light up my life!"

• You a light

• It is a comparison without using "like" or "as"

• You make me happy.

• You're so bright

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!

• No!

• Yes!

• Go!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

• figurative language

• speaker

• mood

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

• "I'm as a cool as a cucumber!"

• "The girls are like two peas in a pod!"

• "After school I have a ton of homework to do!"

• "Her hair was so long!"

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"That picture is as straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

"The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended." Is an example of what?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sentence "The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n) what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4