Figurative Language

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison where one thing IS said to be the other

• When you are referring to a TV show, book, or movie

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

• hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom

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?

• comparing two unlike things when one thing IS the other

• comparing two unlike things using the words "as" or "like"

• giving human qualities to a non-living object

• When a word sounds like an action

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the use of words that imitate sounds

• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The book cried when nobody checked it out from the library.

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The engine revved and roared.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I'm so tired I could sleep for 1,000 years.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Jamie is the wind when he runs.

• metaphor

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D