Figurative Language

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

uses extreme exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Compares two things without the use if a transitional word

• personifcation

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Gives human qualities to something that is not human

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Has two or more words in a line that start with the same sound

• alliteration

• simlie

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Has a word or phrase not meant to be taken literally

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Has words that represent a sound

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Describes words that are factual or true

• figurative language

• figure of speech

• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Words that are not meant to be understood exactly as they are written.

• figurative language

• literal

• figure of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

language that describers something as different from its actual meaning

• literal

• figure of speech

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4