Figurative Language

Front

Simile

Back

Comparing two things using like or as

Front

Metaphor

Back

Comparing two things not using like or as

Front

What is personification?

Back

Adding human qualities to a non human character

Front

Hyperbole

Back

Extreme exaggeration

Front

Identify the hyperbole:

Back

I have a million things to do when I get home.

Front

Identify the simile:

Back

She was as quiet as a mouse.

Front

Uses personification:

Back

The flowers danced in the wind.

Front

Identify the metaphor: The flowers danced in the wind, I have a million things to do, She is a shining star.

Back

She is a shining star.