Figurative Language

Front

Comparison stating one thing is another

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Giving human traits to animals/objects

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Repetition of the first letter

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Exaggeration; saying something is more than it is.

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Words imitating sounds

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Compare two 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