Figurative Language Check-In

A simile is...

• An exaggeration or overstatement

• When objects are given human qualities

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison that states one thing IS another

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

A hyperbole is...

• An exaggeration or overstatement

• When objects are given human qualities

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison that states one thing IS another

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

A metaphor is...

• An exaggeration or overstatement

• When objects are given human qualities

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison that states one thing IS another

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Personification is...

• When objects are given human qualities

• The repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• A comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Alliteration is...

• When objects are given human qualities

• The repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• A comparison using like or as

Onomatopoeia is...

• When objects are given human qualities

• The repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• A comparison using like or as

An idiom is...

• When non-living objects are given human qualities

• The repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

• A phrase that has a figurative meaning but is confusing based on the literal wording.

• A figure of speech pairing two opposite or contradictory words together.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

An oxymoron is...

• When non-living objects are given human qualities

• The repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

• A phrase that has a figurative meaning but is confusing based on the literal wording.

• A figure of speech pairing two opposite or contradictory words together.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Match the following terms and definitions

• A figure of speech in which things are compared by stating that one thing IS another

• Onomatopoeia

• A figure of speech in which things are compared using the words 'like' or 'as'

• Metaphor

• An exaggeration or overstatement

• Simile

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Personification

• A figure of speech in which non-living objects are given human qualities

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The surface of the water looked as smooth as glass.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4