Figurative Language

_{Which statement provides an example of Hyperbole?}

• Ms. Mounts has to listen to a song a million times, before memorizing it.
• Ms. Mounts memorized the mass list in a few moments.
• Ms. Mounts is a saint; she is always willing to help me out.
• The thud on the board was caused by Ms. Mounts' meter stick.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her smile is a ray of sunshine.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

• allitertion
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The play was as boring as watching paint dry.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It is so hot outside. I bet it is a million degrees!

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• alliteration
• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The trees danced in the blowing wind.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to an animal, object or idea.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two things using like or as.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the term for using a gross exaggeration?

• Personification
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things
• exaggerate
• give person-like qualities to animals and things
• have a different meaning than the words.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A