Figurative Language

Formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Comparing two things WITHOUT using like or as...

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration is...

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Something that is not taken for its literal meaning is...

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The feeling a story gives the reader is...

• Tone

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The occurence of the same letter/ sound at the beginning of words...

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The author's attitude toward characters or the subject of a piece of writing is...

• Personification

• Tone

• Mood

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The tea kettle hissed when the water had boiled.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The football player was a beast on the field attacking anyone that got in his way.

• SImile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D