Reviewing Figurative Language

two unlike things are compared NOT using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a word that sounds like the object or action it refers to

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

humanlike characters are given to a non-human

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

exaggerations that are not meant to be taken seriously

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

two unlike things are compared using "like" or "as"

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words that start with the same sound used close together in a sentence or phase

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a group of words with a meaning that is different from their literal meaning

• idiom

• alteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

"Krispy Kreme" or "Mickey Mouse" is an example of...

• 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

"Friendship is like a pot of gold." and "The boy was as tall as a tower." are both examples of...

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The sky is crying." and "The flowers danced in the breeze." are both examples of...

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4