Figurative Language

I was as hungry as a bear when I came home from school yesterday.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

The snow was a white blanket across the earth.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• assonance

Mike’s microphone made music on Monday morning.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We heard the pitter patter of feet as the children hurried up the stairs.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

The moon asked the stars to dance.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Bob's mother said, "Your room is a junk pile."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This type of language is the EXACT, true meaning of a word

• literal

• figurative

This is an expression with a meaning that is NOT literal

• figurative language

• rhyme

• poem

• comparison