Figurative Language

An exaggerated expression

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Compares two unlike things without using the words like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• onomatopeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

compares two unlike things using like or as

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

• idiom

• personification

• onomatopeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words the imitate sounds.

• onomatopeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an expression that means something other than the usual meaning of the words

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Pop! went the top of the soda bottle.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Jacob was a perfect angel during school.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The baby was as light as a feather when I picked him up.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D