Figurative Language

Front

Comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

An exaggeration that cannot be true is...

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Giving non-human objects or animals human traits and actions.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Direct comparison of two unlike things...

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

A word that imitates real sound...

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Figurative language in 'The classroom was a zoo.'

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Figurative language in 'Lighting danced across the sky.'

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Figurative language in 'You were as brave as a lion.'

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Figurative language in: 'I have a million things to do today.'

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Figurative language in 'Smash! The cup fell off the table.'

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5