Figurative Language

A comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Giving human traits to non-human things.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A commonly used expression or saying that means something other than the literal meaning of its words.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The naming of a thing or action by vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

• 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

The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close together

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language did Disney World use in their slogan: "The happiest place on earth."?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personidification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language did Coca Cola use in their slogan "Open happiness?" 

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language did State Farm use in their slogan "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there?" 

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D