Figurative Language

a great exaggeration to create emphasis or effect

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

an expression that doesn’t exactly mean what the words say

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

when two things are compared using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an old familiar saying that expresses wisdom

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

a comparison in which one thing is said to be another

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Food?” Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.

• simile

• metaphor

• proverb/adage

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Don’t get so worked up, buddy. She’s only pulling your leg.

• simile

• metaphor

• proverb/adage

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Slow and steady wins the race.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• proverb/adage

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

He's as skinny as a toothpick!

• proverb/adage

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A