Smiling is Contagious -- Analyzing Figurative Language

"You catch it like the flu"

• This is an example of a simile.

• This is an example of personification.

• This is an example of a metaphor.

• This is an example of an onomatopoeia.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"someone smiled at me today/I started smiling too"

• This is an example of a metaphor.

• This is an example of personification.

• This an example of alliteration.

• This is an example of a hyperbole.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"A single smile like mine/could travel round the earth"

• This is an example of a hyperbole.

• This is an example of personification.

• This is an example of an onomatopoeia.

• This is an example of a simile.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What message is the poet trying to send with this alliteration? ("When someone smiled at me today/I started smiling too")

• The poet is creating an eerie feeling.

• The poet is creating a happy and bubbly feeling.

• The poet likes words that start with the letter s.

• The poet does not like to smile.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What message is the poet trying to send with the personification? ("A single smile like mine/could travel round the earth")

• To show how smiling is contagious and can spread really fast

• To show how to make someone stop smiling

• To show that smiles can fly

• To show that traveling is fun

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What message is the poet trying to send with the simile? ("You catch it like the flu")

• People should smile less

• Smiling is really fun

• Smiling is contagious and easy to catch

• Smiling is not easy to spread to other people

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"A single smile"

• This is an example of personification.

• This is an example of alliteration.

• This is an example of a hyperbole.

• This is an example of a simile.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D