Figurative Language Exit Ticket

What is the meaning of the expression 'a bear of a lesson'?

• A short lesson

• A difficult lesson

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• Simile compares two things, while metaphor does not

• Simile uses like or as, while metaphor does not

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Describing something as though it were a person

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is hyperbole used for?

• To express emphasis and importance through exaggeration

• To compare two things using like or as

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of allusion?

• You'd have to be Superman to lift that fallen tree

• My stomach was gurgling like a tar pit

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the expression 'eagle-eyed editor' mean?

• An editor who is slow and gloppy

• An editor who is sharp and attentive

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The wind howled through the mountains

• My stomach is gurgling like a tar pit

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the purpose of using figurative language?

• To express something that is not literally true

• To confuse the audience

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the main difference between simile and metaphor?

• Simile uses like or as, while metaphor does not

• Simile compares two things, while metaphor does not

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the purpose of using hyperbole?

• To express emphasis and importance through exaggeration

• To make comparisons to characters or events from literature or culture

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A