Figurative Language

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a roller coaster ride.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Has words that represent a sound.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Has two or more words in a line that start with the same sound.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ___________________________. 

• Theme
• Plot
• Rhyme
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Words don't mean what they say.

• symbolism

• imagery

• idiom

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5