Figurative Language Lessons

What is a hyperbole?

• Something like the Superbowl

• Extreme exaggeration

• Figure of speech that does not mean its literal meaning

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an idiom?

• Figure of speech that does not mean its literal meaning

• The word that imitates the sound

• Comparison using like or as

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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 an Onomatopoeia?

• The word that imitates a sound

• Comparison using like or as

• Extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is a simile?

• The tree lifts its arms for the bird to sit on.

• Mr. Thomas is like a cheetah when he runs.

• Mrs. Paulsen is an alien from another world.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The board is like a portal to knowledge.

• Mrs. Stevenson is a rock star performing her lessons live.

• Boom, goes the dynamite!!!!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is personification?

• The chicken went cluck.

• The tree's fingers wiggled in the wind.

• I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an idiom?

• My sister is under the weather today.

• Math is like fighting with antelopes over grass.

• When the bell rings, the students leave the classroom.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is an onomatopoeia?

• Mrs. Stevenson is as bright as a sunflower.

• The pen zinged out of Mr. Thomas' fanny pack to attack the bee who went buzz at him.

• Mrs. Edmondson is the ring leader in the circus when she hits the dance floor.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• The fire crackles throughout the night.

• Life is like a box of chocolate.

• This is the universe's best figurative language quiz!

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

How does the author use figurative language to describe the harsh conditions at Camp Green Lake?

• The author uses figurative language to describe the conditions as pleasant and comfortable

• The author uses figurative language to describe the conditions as unpredictable and ever-changing

• The author uses literal descriptions without any figurative language

• The author uses figurative language such as describing the heat as 'the kind of heat that makes people crazy' and the dryness as 'the kind of dry that soaks up water before it can hit the ground'.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4