Figurative Language Definitions

Front

Metaphor

Back

Comparison with is or was

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Hyperbole

Back

Extreme Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Idiom

Back

Old Saying: Raining cats and dogs

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Alliteration

Back

Repeating first letters: Big bears bake together

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Simile

Back

Comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Example of a simile:

Back

His hand was as cold as ice.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Example of a metaphor:

Back

My brother is a couch potato.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Hyperbole definition?

Back

Deliberate exaggeration to emphasize a point.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Onomatopoeia:

Back

Words that imitate real sounds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Alliteration definition?

Back

Repeating the same beginning sound in a group of words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4