college essay review and figurative language

The wind spoke its ancient secrets to me. 

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Life is a highway. I'm gonna ride it all night long. 

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopeia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Giving an non human item human qualities is

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Exaggeration is

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Stating one thing is something it is not-

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a phrase that has two opposite words

• Simile
• Irony
• Personification
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

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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 is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3