Figurative Language

Which word best fits into this simile: Jessie is as brave as a ________.

• lion

• cat

• mouse

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences does not have a metaphor?

• There was a storm brewing in her heart.

• The baby was an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelf.

• Her hair was like a bird's nest.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Click all those sentences that have personification.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• She was as tall as a building.

• The stars in the ink black sky winked down at me.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

In which of the following options are ALL three words examples of onomatopoeia?

• hoot, pop, drip

• chatter, beep, howl

• zap, crash, bang

• talk, crunch, bam

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which two words in this sentence show assonance:

The car moaned and groaned as he tried to get it to start.

• groaned and moaned

• tried and get

• car and tried

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify all the sentences that show alliteration:

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• A black bug bit a big black bear.

• Go and gather the green leaves on the grass.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which three devices can be seen in this sentence:

The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee.

• assonance, simile and alliteration

• onomatopoeia, alliteration and simile

• metaphor, simile and assonance

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word do you think would be repeated in this sentence in the blank:

I have tried this again and _________, but somehow I can't figure it out.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If a writer uses the word red or uses red imagery in his book again and again, what do you think red symbolises?

• anger

• peace

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Are you more clear on figurative language now?

• Yes, very clear.

• Somewhat clear.

• No, but I will revise from the KO again and keep trying.

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4