Figurative Language #2

Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• assonance
• repetition
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile
• imagery
• consonance
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The air is like a butterfly"

• methaphor
• simile
• repetition
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The wind stood up and gave a shout"

• metaphor
• personification
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Danny's room is a pig-sty.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,"

• metaphor
• consonance
• imagery
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes;"

• consonance
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D