Figurative Language

This compares two things using words like or as

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The moon was a lantern in the sky" is an example of what?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"That fellow has got himself into a pickle" is an example of what?

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"The sun was a ball of fire in the middle of the sky" is an example of what?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I nearly died laughing at his joke" is an example of what?

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"That old dog is pretty ugly" is an example of what?

• personification

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

This is when something that is not human is given human-like qualities

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Finish the alliteration:

Many monsters made

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the object of this personification?

The chocolate cake told me to eat it.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A