Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, and Personification

To give something nonhuman human characteristics is called

• simili

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Give 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

Which one of these could be a personification?

• He is as slow as a turtle

• The tornado ran through town without a care

• BOOM!!

• I'm just too lazy to pick another answer

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which one of these could be a onomatopoeia?

• He is as slow as a turtle

• The tornado ran through town without a care

• BOOM!!

• I'm just too lazy to pick another answer

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I stepped on a blueberry and it went splat. Is that a onomatopoeia?

• No

• Yes

• Trash

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The rain danced on the street is an example of...

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the meaning of the metaphor.

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.

• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

• The car is very new.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the type of figurative language.

At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Metaphor

• Sound

• Onomotopoeia

• Rhythm 

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4