Figurative Language Lesson

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds swiftly across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• assonance

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that spells out a sound

• assonance

• hyperbole

• imagery

• 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

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile

• imagery

• consonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4