Figurative Language

Makes a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human feelings and characteristics to animals or objects.

• metaphor
• personification
• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison WITHOUT using "like" or "as".  It says that an object IS something.

• metaphor
• personification
• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A phrase that has a meaning that is different from what is being said.

• idiom
• metaphor
• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An exaggeration so dramatic that is unbelievable.

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates the sound that it describes.

• personification
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify:
We drove around the parking lot a million times before we found a parking space.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify:
The football player charged down the field like a steam engine.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify:
The ball jumped into the hoop.

• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify:
Suddenly, I was an eagle flying through the air.

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D