Figurative Language

Piece of cake

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• homophone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

when pigs fly

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• homograph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

that place is a zoo

• verb

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the stars are dancing

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

metaphor

• used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but have something in common.

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

simile

• compares two things that are not alike

• directly compares two things using the words like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

idiom

• third person

• first person

• phrases that aren't meant to be taken literally.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

1st person

• I, me, my, mine, myself

• you, your, yours, yourself

• she, her, hers, herself, him, himself

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

3rd person

• they, she, her, him, them, himself, themselves

• you, your, yourself

• I, me, my, myself

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

homophone, more than one answer is correct

• their, they're, there

• toe, tow

• hi, high

• rows, rose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A