Figurative Language

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• assonance
• repetition
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that spells out a sound

• assonance
• hyperbole
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile
• imagery
• consonance
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Buzz - says the great buzzing bee."

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"The air is like a butterfly"

• methaphor
• simile
• repetition
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Danny's room is a pig-sty.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes;"

• consonance
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make writing more interesting and to create images in the reader's head.
• To use fancy big words.
• To make their writing longer.
• To create a universal truth or deeper message. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4