Figure it Out! Figurative Language

A comparison between two unlike things. Usually uses "like" or "as"

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is a Metaphor?

• A comparison of two alike things using "like or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things that does use "like or "as"

• A comparison of two alike things using "and and "because"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

What is an idiom?

• An expression who's meaning can't be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it

• An expression thats an exaggeration

• An expression that compares things

• An expression that uses words with sounds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is personification?

• Figure of speech thats compares unlike things.

• Figure of speech that gives animal qualities to humans.

• Figure of speech that gives human qualities to animals, an object, or an idea.

• Figure of speech that is sarcastic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A phrase that has repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an onomatopoeia?

• use of words that describe a character using traits

• use of words that mimic sounds

• use of words a baby says

• use of words from a dictionary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5