Figurative Language

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Chliche

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4