Figurative language review

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Personification 
• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Different figures of speech that goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to be more descriptive. 

• Figurative Language 
• Assonance 
• Idiom
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An extreme exaggeration often used for humor 

• Hyperbole 
• Idiom 
• Simile
• Alliteration 

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10G

TEKS.ELA.5.10G

TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

An object that is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. 

• Alliteration 
• Personification 
• Metaphor 
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.1C

TEKS.ELA.E1.5F

TEKS.ELA.E2.5F

TEKS.ELA.E3.5F

TEKS.ELA.E4.5F

Using the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words 

• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Idiom 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other 

• Simile
• Metaphor 
• Personification 
• Figurative Language 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky" is an example of 

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

BANG! is an example of 

• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Bed Bath and Beyond is an example of 

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If my mom doesn't let me go to the movies this weekend, I'll die! 

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile 

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10G

TEKS.ELA.5.10G

TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B