Figurative Language 4th grade

I am as cool as a cucumber

• Cold

• Hot

• Calm

• Scared

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Cat got your tongue

• Cat hair in your mouth

• You have a pet cat

• Cat bit your mouth

• You can't talk

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I am all ears

• I have ears all over me

• I am listening closely

• I eat all ears

• I have a lot of plastic ears

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Comparing two unlike thing not using like or as

• Hyperbole

• Smile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He was as tall as a building

• Hyperbole and Simile

• Metaphor and Simile

• Idiom and Hyperbole

• Simile and Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CRASH BANG BOOM

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The brakes groaned in protest every time the driver pressed the pedal

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Vivvie heard the last piece of pizza calling her name

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a hyperbole

• Small exaggeration

• Tiny exaggeration

• Big exaggeration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A