Figurative Language in Movies

An extreme exaggeration from the truth.

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Different figures of speech that goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to be more descriptive. 

• Figurative Language 

• Assonance 

• Idiom

• Personification 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words

• Metaphor 

• Hyperbole

• Idiom 

• Allusion 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

An object that is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. 

• Alliteration 

• Personification 

• Metaphor 

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

If my mom doesn't let me go to the movies this weekend, I'll die! 

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor 

• Simile

• Personification 

• Onomatopoeia 

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book. 

• Alliteration 

• Hyperbole 

• Assonance 

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other 

• Simile

• Metaphor 

• Personification 

• Figurative Language 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor in movies?

• A) The wind whispered through the trees.

• B) He ran like the wind.

• C) The car engine roared to life.

• D) She was as brave as a lion.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the movie 'The Lion King', the phrase 'Circle of Life' is an example of which figurative language?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D