Figurative Language

Front

Example: "I have a ton of homework."

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Example: "Her voice was music to my ears."

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Example: "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf."

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Example: "The palm trees were dancing in the wind."

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Example of: "I’ve seen this movie a thousand times."

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Example: "You are my knight in shining armor."

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Example: "Don’t judge a book by its cover."

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

“It's a piece of cake.”

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Simile: Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Comparing two unlike things using 'like' and 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Personification: Giving human traits to non-human entities.

Back

Giving human qualities to a non human things.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A