F451 Figurative Language Definitions

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two things using  like and as
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two things using like and as
• An exaggeration 
• Comparing two things without using like and as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• a comparison using like or as
• repeating the beginning consonant sounds
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement
• A type of bug
• A comparison of two things using like or as
• The use of a word associated with a sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"A short phrase that contains two phrases that contradict each other."

• oxymoron
• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Putting two opposite ideas, settings, characters, etc side by side to create a dramatic effect

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A common phrase when the words that are said are completely different from what is meant

• Idiom

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

When two characters are opposite of each other for dramatic effect

• Oxymoron

• Foil

• Personification

• Juxtapostion