Figurative Language

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

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TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

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TEKS.ELA.2.3D

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“ It’s raining cats and dogs.”

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

“Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog.” - Truman Capote, "Mojave"

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia.

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

• Break a leg

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a cliche?

• A comparison without like or as.

• Two opposing ideas.

• Tongue twisters.

• An overused phrase or saying

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3