Figurative Language

Front

Simile comparing:

Back

Movement of the dropped package & a bobsled.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Comparison of 2 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

Extreme exaggeration for effect.

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Reference to a famous person, event, or place.

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Repetition of sounds in nearby words.

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A snowball whooshed past my ear during the snowball fight.

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

"Homework is a breeze" is an example of which figurative language?

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

I am as hungry as a bear!

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Giving human traits to non-human things.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A