Types of Figurative Language

an exaggerated statement

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

comparing two things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

comparing two things without using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a sentence or phrase that means something different than the words say

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

giving a non-human like object human like characteristics or qualities

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

There are a million people in this room.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My sister is as smart as a computer.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Hold your horses!

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The soccer player was a rocket shooting across the field.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The plates danced around the table.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D