Figurative Language

Compares two different things using like or as

• a. simile

• b. metaphor

• c. idiom

• d. hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration

• a. metaphor

• b. idiom

• c. hyperbole

• d. personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that represents sound

• a. personification

• b. onomatopoeia

• c. imagery

• d. alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Using very descriptive language

• a. simile

• b. hyperbole

• c. alliteration

• d. imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Compares two different things without using like or as

• a. alliteration

• b. simile

• c. metaphor

• d. idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence

• a. onomatopoeia

• b. alliteration

• c. simile

• d. idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• a. personification

• b. imagery

• c. alliteration

• d. idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An expression where the words used mean something different than you would find in a dictionary

• a. idiom

• b. simile

• c. metaphor

• d. imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

Joanna is so tired she could sleep for a year.

• a. metaphor

• b. hyperbole

• c. simile

• d. personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The leaves danced in the wind.

• a. simile

• b. metaphor

• c. personification

• d. hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A