Figurative Language

What is Alliteration

• Big Exaggeration

• Giving something human qualities

• The repetition of consonant sounds

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 using like or as

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• A saying with a little bit of wisdom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an Onomatopoeia?

• When two words are put together that contradict one another.

• Naming a thing or action by imitating the sound associated with it.

• Big exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a Hyperbole?

• Big exaggeration

• Comparing two unlike things

• A statement that doesn't really mean what is being said.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is Personification?

• The repetition of usually consonant sounds.

• giving something human qualities

• Big exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a metaphor?

• Using like or as to compare two unlike things

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• A form of word play in which the word has a double meaning.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

My brother is a night owl.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

The crafty crocodile invited the lazy lion to his party.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.1.9B

Harry is as blind as a bat without his glasses.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.10D

The classroom was a zoo!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D