Figurative language

What is personification?

• giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics.

• a way to describe people

• exaggeration to make a point

• when a person is pretending

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• when something is fake

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• when two words sound exactly the same

• a symbol

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• when you think too hard

• a type of constellation

• a comparison of two unlike things

• exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a hyperbole?

• a coffee drink from Starbucks

• use of exaggeration to emphasize a point

• giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics

• a very fast speed

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The wind howled in the night.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The following sentence uses human qualities to describe the tropical storm sleeping.

The tropical storm slept for two days.

What type of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The following sentence uses over exaggeration:

Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open.

What type of figurative language is used?

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is an example of personification?

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse
• The sun is like a light bulb
• The Sun smiled at us
• I want to be awesome

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A