figurative language

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Simile: Comparison using like or as

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Comparison 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

Front

Personification

Back

Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Oxymoron

Back

Figure of speech combining contradictory terms.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Hyperbole

Back

Extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Metaphor: Comparison without like or as

Back

Comparison 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

Front

They thought he was a wise fool.

Back

Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

A million times to clean your room!

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.

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Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

The children were hopping like kernels in a corn popper.

Back

Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D