SC Ready Figurative Language Review

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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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 things that aren't human

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.

• I own an expensive camera.

• Photos of me are always really good. 

• I like to visit art museums.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.

• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.

• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.

• After the game, a tornado hit.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I sang like a bird" is an example of what?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!

• No!

• Yes!

• Go!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5