Figurative Language Review

Front

What is Personification?

Back

To give human-like qualities to non-human objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is a Metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is Hyperbole?

Back

Using exaggeration to prove a point.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is Onomatopoeia?

Back

A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

What is a Simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Identify the figurative language: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

Back

Personification; the wind is given the human ability to whisper.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Identify the figurative language: 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'

Back

Hyperbole; an exaggerated statement to emphasize hunger.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Identify the figurative language: 'The classroom was a zoo.'

Back

Metaphor; comparing the chaotic classroom to a zoo.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Identify the figurative language: 'The thunder rumbled like a freight train.'

Back

Simile; comparing the sound of thunder to a freight train using 'like'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Identify the figurative language: 'The stars danced in the night sky.'

Back

Personification; stars are given the human ability to dance.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A