Figurative Language

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The use of the same consonant/sound at the beginning of each word.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is when a human characteristic is given to an animal or an object.

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This is a comparison of two things not using "like" or "as"

• Idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning. The words do not mean what they say.

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This is when an exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

This is a word that sounds like the sound it names.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Thunder boomed all around us.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The horse was as fast as lightning on the race track.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The princess tried on a thousand dresses.

• idiom

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A