Exploring Figurative Language: Similes, Metaphors, and More

The video tutorial covers various types of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification, and alliteration. Each section provides definitions and examples to illustrate how these figures of speech enhance communication by making it more effective, persuasive, and impactful. The tutorial concludes with a summary of the key points discussed.

What is the purpose of using figurative language?

• To follow grammar rules

• To make writing more effective and impactful

• To reduce the effectiveness of writing

• To confuse the reader

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does a simile use to compare two different things?

• Human characteristics

• Sounds of objects

• The words 'like' or 'as'

• Direct comparison

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• As busy as a bee

• Sizzling bacon

• My teacher is a dragon

• The clock yelled at me

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• A word that imitates a sound

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving non-human things human characteristics

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CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Which example shows personification?

• The wind whispered

• She is a rose

• As shiny as a star

• A loud boom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What does alliteration focus on?

• The sound of words

• The first consonant sound

• Comparison using 'as'

• Human-like qualities

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CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which of these is an example of alliteration?

• Bright and beautiful

• A ticking clock

• Buzzing like a bee

• The sly, slithering snake snuck into the shed

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which of the following is not a type of figurative language discussed?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D