Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• a comparison without using the words like or as

• making something real seem unreal

• a comparison about the likeness of two things using the words like or as

• giving inanimate things characteristics of people

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• a phrase describing something as something it's not in reality

• a symbolic comparison

• a comparison using like or as

• an extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an oxymoron?

• two words that contradict each other

• two words that appear to contradict each other but make sense overall

• two words that don't make sense

• a phrase that bares literal meaning but has deeper meaning behind it

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is a hyperbole?

• a boring sentence without meaning

• something that bares deeper meaning; symbolizing it

• a comparison without using like or as

• a figure of speech that is an extreme exaggeration in a sentence

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an idiom?

• something inanimate given the characteristics of a living creature

• a comparison using like or as

• a phrase that bares no literal meaning to the situation it is describing but implies the facts or stories behind it

• two words that contradict each other but make sense in the situation overall.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is personification?

• something inanimate given the characteristics of a living thing.

• an extreme exaggeration in a sentence

• a phrase that has no literal meaning in a situation but describes the facts or stories behind it

• repetition of words or sounds used in a sentence

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is symbolism?

• an abstract idea using an item or words

• a symbol used in writing, like an emoji

• a meaning behind a meaning

• when words are used to describe 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

What is alliteration?

• a comparison using like or as

• a phrase which bares no literal meaning to the situation it's describing but it implies the facts or the story behind it

• describing an abstract idea using words or objects

• when letters or sounds are repeating in a sentence

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• a play on words

• words are used to describe a sound

• words are used to cover up lies

• a short story about something meaningful

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What are puns?

• a play on words for a joke, add extra meaning

• another word for a really funny joke

• another word for riddle

• the form of writing that plays are written in

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CCSS.L.8.5A