Figurative Language

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What is hyperbole?

Back

An extreme exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is alliteration?

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When a group of words all start with the same sound.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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What is onomatopoeia?

Back

Words that sound like what they mean.

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CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

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What is imagery?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

Why do people use figurative language?

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To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.L.3.5A

Front

What is an example of a simile?

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Her smile was as bright as the sun.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is an example of a metaphor?

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Time is a thief.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A