figurative language

Check ALL that are onomatopoeias.

• Boom

• Smash

• Circle

• Meow

• Running

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does this hyperbole mean, "I waited a thousand hours for my dad to get me after school."?

• He was there right on time.

• I was late finding my dad.

• My dad was really late picking me up.

• My dad waited for me.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A hyperbole is a/an__________________

• Symbolic item

• Exaggeration

• Comparing phrase

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of 2 unlike things using like/as

• An exaggeration to make a point

• A silly phrase

• A comparison of 2 unlike things without use like/as

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A _________ is a silly phrase that you just have to memorize. They are typically well known phrases that may be hard to decode.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Hey!

• Buzz

• Walk

• Sleep

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

To be “dressed to the nines,” means one is________

• Dressed prepared

• Dressed in rags

• Dressed perfectly

• Dressed sloppy

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"The flowers danced in the field..." is an example of

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What idiom means "clumsy"?

• Apple doesn't fall far from the tree

• Two left feet

• Foot in my mouth

• A walk in the park

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

“Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.” Means someone is_________.

• In controversy

• Annoying

• A hypocrite

• Rude

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B