Analyzing Figurative Language

"The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

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TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

What is onomatopoeia?

• words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

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TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

"My life is a dream of wonders" is an example of...

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.8.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

"Charming children chat in the corner" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

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TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

What is an idiom?

• An expression that is not meant to be taken literally

• A comparison of two things using like, as, or than

• An exaggerated statement

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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TEKS.ELA.2.3D

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

What is Context?

• Language that is explicit, obvious, out in the open and plainly stated

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

• An expression that is different from the ordinary/actual meaning of the words

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TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.E2.2B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

"The fly buzzed around us" contains...

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopeia

• idiom

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TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Read these lines from a poem:

"My life is like a dream/ it's all up to me." it's an example of...

• similie

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E