Figurative Language

"He kicked the bucket" is an example of which type of figurative language? 

• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Adage
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

What does "he kicked the bucket" mean? 

• He knocked over a bucket. 
• He literally kicked over a bucket.
• He died.
• He told a funny joke. 

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An idiom is

• a comparison between two objects. 
• an exaggerated statement.
• A phrase that has a different figurative meaning than what the words actually mean. 
• a phrase that refers to a sound. 

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"The computers at school are dinosaurs" is an example of which type of figurative language? 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia 
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The computers at school are dinosaurs" means that 

• the computers look like dinosaurs.
• the computers are really old. 
• the computers don't work. 
• the computers are extinct. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A metaphor is

• a sound represented as a word. 
• an exaggerated statement. 
• a statement comparing two unlike objects using like or as. 
• a statement that compares two unlike objects. 

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Susan was as blind as a bat" is an example of which type of figurative language? 

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Adage
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Susan was as blind as a bat" means

• Susan is completely batty. 
• Susan has a pet bat. 
• Susan has very good eyesight. 
• Susan had very poor eyesight.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A simile is

• a phrase that compares two unlike objects. 
• an exaggerated statement
• a phrase that compares two unlike objects using like or as. 
• a sound represented by a word. 

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

"I ate a TON of McDonald's fries" is an example of which type of figurative language? 

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Adage
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A