Figurative Language Review

Compare two things using the words like or as.

• metaphor
• idiom
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Compare two things without using the words like or as.

• metaphor
• idiom
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A silly expression that can NOT be taken literally.

• alliteration
• oxymoron
• idiom
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An extreme exaggeration.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When a series of words have the same beginning sound.

• alliteration
• imagery
• oxymoron
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When words contradict each other.

• idiom
• oxymoron
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Sound words.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• idiom
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Descriptive words that appeal to your senses.

• alliteration
• imagery
• oxymoron
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A