Figurative Language Meanings

"I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinoccho's." This is an example of an _____________. 

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When the Wind is low, and the sea is soft, and the heat-lightning plays... is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

'Your beauty was a web of delight.' is an example of:

• Simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The stars will cry. The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Language and poetic techniques use to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader.

• Verse

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Talking animals are an example of what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement

• A sound effect

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• The use of a word associated with 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