Figurative Language: SIMILES, METAPHORS, PERSONIFICATION

This type of figurative language compares two things that can't literally be the same by saying that one IS the other.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal statement

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This type of figurative language compares an animal OR nonliving thing to a human or living thing.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal statement

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This is a statement that isn't figurative and says exactly what it means.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal statement

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This type of figurative language compares to things that can't literally be the same with comparison words such as like, as, and more than.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal Statement

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"My little sister is as sweet as sugar" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a literal statement

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"For some life is a jog, for others it's a sprint" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a literal statement

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I am taller than my brother" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a literal statement

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I am just as smart as my mom" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a literal statement

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The jet engine screamed overhead" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a literal statement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The old and creepy trees leaned forward, warning me to stay far away" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a literal statement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D