Exploring Figurative Language

What does 'a bear of a lesson' symbolize?

• A lesson in the woods

• A difficult lesson

• An easy lesson

• A lesson about bears

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does it mean if someone is described as 'eagle-eyed'?

• They are scared of mice

• They are literally an eagle

• They can fly

• They have good vision

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the purpose of using figurative language?

• To express ideas in a creative way

• To confuse the reader

• To make the text longer

• To avoid using literal language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

How is a simile different from a metaphor?

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as'

• A simile is more truthful

• There is no difference

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as'

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does 'my stomach was gurgling like a tar pit' illustrate?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an example of a metaphor?

• They fought like cats and dogs

• My stomach is a gurgling tar pit

• She runs like the wind

• He is as brave as a lion

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does 'love is a rose' symbolize in a metaphorical sense?

• Love smells good

• Love is red

• Love has thorns

• Love is beautiful

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does personification mean?

• Describing a person in detail

• Giving human traits to non-human things

• Giving human traits to animals

• Turning a person into a statue

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What does it mean if 'the wind howled through the mountains'?

• The wind is alive

• It's going to rain

• The wind is making a loud noise

• The mountains are moving

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an example of hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• She is as fast as a cheetah

• The car roared to life

• He is a mountain of a man

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A