Figurative Language 4th Grade

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

His skin is as tough as leather. 

• metaphor
• onomotopoeia
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

By the time I got home from school I was starving to death!

• alliteration
• idiom
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.4

Which example uses a simile?

• The boy was as strong as an ox.

• The boy was an ox.

• Ben bakes dog bones for his dog Biscuit.

• I like grapes.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

Which sentence uses alliteration?

• Becky likes her donuts as big as her face.

• Dan heard a loud BOOM! coming from the garage.

• Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.

• The ball tapped each step it passed down the staircase.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

Which sentence uses an idiom?

• She got cold feet the night before her wedding.

• Lightening danced across the sky.

• The world is a stage.

• Hannah's home has heat now, hopefully.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

Which sentence uses personification?

• The ox ran as fast as a cheetah.

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• He was like an animal.

• Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which sentence is a metaphor?

• My alarm clock yelled at me to wake up.

• He was as big as a tree.

• Cross your fingers.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

Which sentences uses an onomatopoeia?

• The car crashed into a tree as tall as a giant.

• Bees buzz from flower to flower collecting nectar.

• The water rushed down the stream.

• Larry's lizard likes lounging in the sun

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CCSS.L.4.4A