Figurative Language

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The giant tree was ablaze with red, orange, and gold leaves. This is an example of ...... 

• Personfication
• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...

• hyperbole
• symbols
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

• A hyperbole/personification
• A metaphor/personification
• A simile/metaphor
• Personification/Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This type of language means more than what is on the surface. 

• Literal Language
• Figurative Language
• Figure of Speech

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A word or phrase used in a different way  from its usual meaning in order to express a particular meaning

• Figure of Speech
• Literal Language
• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as" 

• Simile
• Metaphor 
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A comparison between two things where the qualities of one noun transfer to another noun. 

• Metaphor
• Simile 
• Onomatopoeia 
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A commonly used phrase that does not mean what it says. It is not meant to be taken literally.

• Idiom
• Pun
• Proverb
• Understatement 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D