Figurative Language

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A comparison of who different things by stating that one thing is another

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Sound words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4