Figurative Language

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

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Sound words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My brother is such a pig when he eats.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was so tired that I slept like a log.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her smile was a mile wide.

This is an example of:

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

• 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

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The sun was a gleaming pearl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D