Figurative Language

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What is personification?

Back

giving human traits to objects or ideas

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Alliteration?

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Repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates 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

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Oxymoron:

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Contradictory words/phrases.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

What is a simile?

Back

comparing two things using "like" or "as".

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Metaphor: comparing two things without "like" or "as"

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comparing two things without "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Figurative language: All the tears she cried could have formed the fifth Great Lake.

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hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Figurative language in: 'down in the dumps'.

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idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Figurative language in: 'That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.'

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oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Figurative language in: 'The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.'

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A