Figurative Language

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What is personification?

Back

Giving something human qualities.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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What is a simile?

Back

Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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What is hyperbole?

Back

An extreme exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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What is metaphor?

Back

Comparing two unlike things without 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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What is onomatopoeia?

Back

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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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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What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of 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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Example of personification:

Back

The wind whispered through the trees.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Example of a simile:

Back

Her smile was like sunshine.

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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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Example of hyperbole:

Back

I could sleep for a thousand years.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Example of a metaphor:

Back

Time is a thief.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D