Figurative Language

The intended meaning is the opposite of the expected meaning.

• idiom

• irony

• personification

• joke

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A comparison of one thing as if it were another; Does not use "like" or "as".

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A unique expression in which the meaning of the actual words do not match the intended meaning.

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.
Is figurative or literal language being used, here?

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.
Is figurative or literal language being used, here?

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.
Is figurative or literal language being used, here?

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I am as hungry as a bear!"

The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A