Exploring Figurative Language and Meaning

What is a simile?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

• An exaggerated statement

• A reference to a well-known story or event

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• Time is a thief.

• He ran like the wind.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is an allusion?

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration

• A reference to a well-known story, event, or person

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A humorous or ironic statement

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following sentences contains irony?

• The fire station burned down.

• The sun is a golden ball.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is personification?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

• An exaggerated statement

• A humorous or ironic statement

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The classroom was a zoo.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The leaves whispered secrets to the wind.

• She is as quiet as a mouse.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a narrative?

• A type of figurative language

• A story or account of events

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A humorous or ironic statement

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a figure of speech?

• A literal expression

• A word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical effect

• A type of narrative

• A synonym for irony

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is symbolism?

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• A humorous or ironic statement

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• An exaggerated statement

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5