Figurative Language Part 1: Literary Devices

Does figurative language give you a connotation or a denotation?

• Connotation

• Denotation

A type of figurative language that does not mean what it is saying such as "break a leg".

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Allusion

A type of figurative language that gives human qualites (actions) to nonhuman things like "The wind sang a song."

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

A type of figurative language that exaggerates the situation such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

A type of figurative language that compares two things (nouns) using like or as such as "She is as pretty as an angel".

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

A type of figurative lanuage that compares two things (nouns) without using like or as such as "He is a wall on the football field".

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

A type of figurative lanuage that refers to something well known or famous such as "He is such a Romeo".

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

"I've already told Amy to be quiet a thousand times!" is an example of

• Imagery
• Allegory
• Theme
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The boss is like a lion.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The tree caught the kite.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A