What Is Figurative Language

My cat is so fat, he weighs 1,000 pounds.

• simile

• personifcation

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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BOOM!

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

• irony

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She sells seashells by the seashore

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.4

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What figurative language is this?

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

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I'm so hungry I can eat a horse!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

You are my sunshine!

• 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

Big brown bears bought bigger books.

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

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What is Figurative Language? (Check all that apply)

• when you describe something by comparing it to something else

• words or phrases that don't have a literal meaning

• a foreign language

• examples to help describe the object you are talking about

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What are the main types of figurative language?

• simile, metamorphic, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom

• simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiot

• simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom

• similar, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom

• simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, illiterate, onomatopoeia, idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D