Figurative Language

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Using "sound words" in poetry such as, "BAM!" "BANG!" "CRASH!"

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects, ideas or animals.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Draw an example of an idiom!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A direct comparison of two things without using the words, "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Write an example of a simile!

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatoeoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What type of figurative language is this?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3