Figurative Language

Comparing two unlike things using no "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Giving a non-human thing human actions or emotions

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Words where the sound suggests the meaning

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A saying whose meaning is based on culture

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An extreme exaggeration

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When something subverts (goes against) your expectations

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A reference to someone or something famous

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mirror Words: "A simile has the letter I like the word ______."

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Mirror Words: "Bang, swoosh, buzz, pow! Onomatopoeia are words like __________."

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4