Figurative vs Literal Language

As usual, he is being a couch potato.

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as

• Comparing two things in a text

• Comparing two unlike 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

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

• Literal

• Figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I'm on pins and needles waiting for an answer.

• Literal

• Figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

He has a heart of stone.

• Literal

• Figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

John was feeling blue.

• Literal

• Figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

She is two faced.

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Grandma has a green thumb.

• Literal

• Figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

• Literal

• Figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4