Figurative Language: The Crossover

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving non-living things human-like characteristics

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Do not take it literally, it does not mean exactly what it says

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• prefix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"My mom was like gold to me"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"My hair like wings, each lock lifting me higher and higher..."

• Josh is sitting on the bench

• Josh is jumping really high

• Josh is falling on the ground

• Josh is standing on the sidelines

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The gym is a loud, crowded circus"

• The fans are going wild during the game

• The fans are silent during the game

• The school is having a carnival

• Josh and JB are at the fair

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

"My stomach is a roller coaster"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I'm about to put on a show"

• Josh is going to sing a song

• Josh is going to show off his basketball skills

• Josh is going to a concert

• Josh is going to break dance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A