Figurative Language

Simile

• Comparison using like or as

• Comparison not using like or as

• Comparison of two unlike things as the same

• Comparing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor

• Comparison using like or as

• Comparison not using like or as

• Comparing two unlike things as the same

• Means what it means, but not literally.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Hyperbole

• Comparison using like or as

• Means what it means but not literally

• Exaggeration

• Sound or movement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Personification

• Sound or movement

• Repetition

• Means what it means but not literally

• Giving human emotion to a non-human thing.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Idiom

• Means what it means but not literally

• Strange saying

• Comparison of two unlike things

• Sound or movement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Onomatopoeia

• Comparison using like or as

• Giving human emotion to a non-living thing

• Sound or movement

• Means what it means but not literally

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

As red as a rose.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She is a peach.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun greeted me this morning.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Busy as a bee.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D