Figurative Language

Antonyms

• same

• opposite

• elephina

• 1+2=3

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Synonyms

• same

• opposite

• please no

• 1+2=9-6

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

Proverb

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

• a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Hyperbole

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

• a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

personification

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

• a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

idiom

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

• a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

allusion

• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

simile

• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

metaphor

• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Draw a pretty picture

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4