Figurative Language 1

language devices used to enhance both spoken and written language; text enriched with word images and figures of speech

• simile
• metaphor
• imagery
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a comparison made between two unlike things without using the word like or as; the comparison is usually made with a verb

(Ex. Books are the keys that open the door to success.)

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a figure of speech that applies human traits to non-human objects

(Ex. dancing leaves; whistling wind)

• anadiplosis

• analogy

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a comparison made between two unlike things using the word like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

when one thing is used in literature to represent something entirely different

• oxymoron

• simile

• symbolism

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the use of words whose sounds are the same as the words themselves

• consonance

• alliterations

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a simile?

• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• comparing two things by saying one is the other
• comparing two things by using like or as
• a word that resembles the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a metaphor?

• comparing two things using like or as
• repeating the same inital sound in neighboring words
• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• comparing two things by saying one is the other

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

• metaphor
• oxymoron
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3