Figurative Language Practice

Change this boring sentence to a simile:

The teacher is angry.

(Remember, you must compare the angry teacher to something else.)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Change this boring sentence to metaphor:

School is boring.

(Remember, you must compare the boring school to something else that is boring.)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Alliteration

• an expression in a language whose words cannot be understood from the individual meanings of the words

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things

• non-human objects are given human characteristics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hyperbole

• writing that appeals to the five senses

• a word formed from the imitation of the sound it makes

• a comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"

• intentionally exaggerated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Imagery

• a word formed from the imitation of the sound it makes

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• writing that appeals to the five senses

• a comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Metaphor

• non-human objects are given human characteristics

• intentionally exaggerated

• using one object to stand for or represent an idea bigger than itself

• a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Onomatopoeia

• a comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"

• a word formed from the imitation of the sound it makes

• an expression in a language whose words cannot be understood from the individual meanings of the words

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Personification

• non-human objects are given human characteristics

• using one object to stand for or represent an idea bigger than itself

• writing that appeals to the five senses

• intentionally exaggerated

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Simile

• a comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"

• a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• an expression in a language whose words cannot be understood from the individual meanings of the words

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an example of a metaphor? 

• She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel. 
• The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays. 
• Her hair was silk. 
• Buzz, Hiss, Woof 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3