Figurative Language

Means extreme exaggeration

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

Using human qualities or characteristics to describe non human things

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Compares 2 unlike things saying one thing is another thing

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Give an example of personification

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

• The sun is like a light bulb

• The Sun smiled at us

• I want to be awesome

The snow danced around in the wind.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• breezy

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• eardrums

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

• simile
• metaphor
• personfication
• smelly

The boys ran down the stairs and slid around the corner. Dad raised his arms and called "Hold your Horses!" What does it mean to "Hold your horses?"

• Grab the reigns and hold tight!

• Give your horse a hug.

• Wait a moment and slow down.

• Put horses in your hands.