Figurative Language

Imagine you're at a Taylor Swift concert in the 2000's. She is performing a pop ballad and the lyrics are comparing the intensity of love to a burning flame using words "like" or "as". What is this literary device called?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In her song 'Love Story', Taylor Swift compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. What is this literary device called?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Taylor Swift is writing a new song and she wants to use a common expression that has a figurative meaning, separate from the literal meaning of the individual words. What is this called?

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Imagine Taylor Swift is writing a new song and she wants to use a technique where she repeats consonant sounds (like in tongue twisters). What is this technique called?

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Imagine you're Taylor Swift writing a song. Which of these techniques would you use to give your guitar and the city lights human qualities?

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Taylor Swift is writing a song and she wants to use an extreme exaggeration in her lyrics. What literary device should she use?

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Imagine Taylor Swift is writing a song and she wants to use a technique where she uses words to mimic sounds, like 'bang', 'pop', or 'sizzle'. What is this technique called?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5