Intro to Figurative Language

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is being personified? 
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon
• forest
• me

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Simile or Metaphor?
My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is this?
The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This sentence is an example of what:  "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This sentence is an example of what: "The palm trees were dancing in the wind."

• personification

• mood

• simile

• metaphor

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison WITHOUT using like or as.

• Two opposing ideas.

• A comparison with like or as

• An overused phrase or saying

What do you call the feeling a story creates in the

reader?

• Simile

• Personification

• Mood

• Metaphor

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• A comparison WITHOUT using like or as.

• Two opposing ideas.

• A comparison with like or as

• An overused phrase or saying