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Figurative Language Poster Pack

PDF | 8 pages|Grades: 2 - 6

A poster pack containing 8 different types of figurative language.

Use this poster pack when teaching figurative language to your students.

Print out the posters and hang them in an area of your classroom that is visible to all students as a reference throughout your poetry unit.

This pack contains the following figures of speech:

Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Hyperbole
Oxymoron.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.A
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure

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