Figurative Language

Compares two things using LIKE or AS.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggerated statement or claim.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To give human characteristics to something non-human.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

My brother is a pig when he eats.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I was so tired that I slept like a log.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Her smile was a mile wide.

This is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The wind howled in the night while the lightning danced across the sky.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4