Cirque du Freak Figurative Language

What is the definition of a metaphor?

• A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as

• Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis

• A comparison between two unlike objects not using like or as

• Giving human like characteristics to non living objects

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is used in this quote:

"I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while..."

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is used in this quote:

"...and then the first really big rocket whams off, a humongous thud!"

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What two types of figurative languages are used in this quote:

"Like snakes on sneakers, Freak says."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the definition of a simile?

• A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as

• A comparison between two unlike objects not using like or as

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is used in this quote: 'He was as brave as a lion.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• 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

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The leaves waved in the wind.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is personification?

• A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as

• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living objects

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: 'The thunder grumbled like an old man.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• 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