Figurative Language

What is personification?

• comparing two things using like or as
• giving human traits to objects or ideas
• a dramatic exaggeration
• a word that resembles the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a simile?

• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• comparing two things by saying one is the other
• comparing two things by using like or as
• a word that resembles the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is a metaphor?

• comparing two things using like or as
• repeating the same inital sound in neighboring words
• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• comparing two things by saying one is the other

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Match the definition with the term:
comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"

• idiom
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Match the definition with the term:
comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other

• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification
• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is shown?

The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

What type of figurative language is shown?

The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is shown?

Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is shown?

The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Word or phrase used to mean the exact opposite of its literal (normal) meaning

• Imagery

• Flashback

• Irony

• Metaphor