Allusions and Figurative Language

The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is being personified? 
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon
• forest
• me

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Simile or Metaphor?
My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does this mean?
When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. 

• very slow
• moves pretty quickly
• still beats everyone
• he's super fast

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is this?
The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of...

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an alliteration?

• A word that is a sound
• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• The same beginning sound repeated

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D