Figurative Language

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

word or words that make the sound of their action

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When two or more words begin with the same initial sound

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The chair cried when the student scraped it across the floor.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Mom's brownies were so good, I ate a million

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Swoosh, the winning basket landed into the hoop.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Slow sloths never swim swifty.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The wind screamed outside of my window.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The terrible turtle turned tenaciously

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4