Figurative Language

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

Anna cried like a baby.

• Anna was sleepy.

• Anna's cry was high-pitched.

• Anna cried for two minutes.

• Anna would not stop crying.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

Todd is a walking dictionary!

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd has a dictionary with him.

• Todd is actually a dictionary.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

The trees danced in the wind.

• The trees were falling down.

• The trees were swaying back and forth.

• The wind was really loud.

• The trees were doing the griddy.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Cats and dogs are crying.

• Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.

• It's raining a little bit.

• The sky is pouring down rain.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Explain the meaning of the idiom "kick the bucket" below. My pet frog was so old that he finally kicked the bucket. We buried him in my backyard.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Explain the meaning of the idiom "break a leg" below: I was so excited for my very first school play. As I walked onto the stage, my teacher whispered to me, "You can do this! Break a leg!"

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

The car seat is a fluffy cloud.

• The car seat is very comfortable to sit in.

• The car seat feels hard.

• The car seat is for a baby.

• The car seat is on a cloud.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor

• Comparison using like or as

• Comparison not using like or as

• Comparing two unlike things as the same

• Means what it means, but not literally.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Hyperbole

• Comparison using like or as

• Means what it means but not literally

• Exaggeration

• Sound or movement

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Personification

• Sound or movement

• Repetition

• Means what it means but not literally

• Giving human emotion to a non-human thing.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4