Figurative Language Terms

"They fought like cats and dogs!", is an example of...

• a simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Using ____ or as when comparing two things is a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

exaggeration is...

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does SHAMPOO stand for?

• what you use to clean your hair

• shake, hug, ate, make, pull, open, ogre

• simile, hyperbole, allusion, metaphor, oxymoron, onomatopoeia

• simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, oxymoron, onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"The fog filtered over the field finally hiding the fence.", is an example of...

• allusion

• imagery

• alliteration

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Tori is a tall, cool drink of water", is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which is an example of an oxymoron?

• jumping jupitar

• happy hippo

• small crowd

• turning red

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is the image an example of?

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"The delicious bread danced in my stomach." , is an example of...

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Alliteration, oxymoron, personification, and metaphors are all examples of ___________ language.

• literary

• literal

• figurative

• figural

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4