Literal vs. Figurative Language

a comparison of one thing as if it were another

(without the use of like or as)

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

Jack's hair and beard are bright blond.

• Literal language is used.

• Figurative language is used.

When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.

• literal language

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24 hour shift was finally over.

• literal language

• figurative language

The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then dropping it.

• literal laguage

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.

• literal language

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The skin on the farmer's face was as wrinkled , weathered, and worn as the leather on a horse's harness. What is being compared in this simile?

• skin-leather

• farmer-leather

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses. What is being compared in this simile?

• eyes-glasses

• eyes-fish

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

the repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

(breeze blew briskly)

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3