Explaining Figurative Language

Which of the following is not an example of Onomatopoeia?

• Bang

• Pow

• Click

• Poke

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

• hyperbole

• symbole

• mood

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.

• apostrophe

• allusion

• allegory

• antonym

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A concrete object that stands in for an abstract idea.

• symbol

• simile

• mood

• theme

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An exaggeration for dramatic effect.

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

America is a melting pot.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My dog is the sunshine on a rainy day in my day-to-day life. This sentence has an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• Fact

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4