Unit #3: Poetry (Figurative language)

What do you call the section of a poem which consists of a line or group of lines?

• stanza break

• stanza

• alliteration

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which is an example of alliteration?

• The ball fell on the floor.

• Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Bill was fast as flash.

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Which one is an example of a simile?

• I like ice cream.

• Heart of stone.

• She is busy as a bee.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which one is an example of a simile?

• Life is like a dream.

• Seashell, seashell, by the seashore.

• Cam likes to eat pizza.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which one is an example of a metaphor?

• Sly as a fox.

• My baby is the apple of my eye.

• I like the beach.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Which one is an example of a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• Her face was white as snow.

• The cold snow flew in the air.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which one is an example of alliteration?

• A big bug bit the baby beetle.

• Strong as an ox.

• My skin is as soft as velvet.

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does the word figurative language mean?

• the dictionary definition of a word

• comparison that does not use the word like or as

• words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3