Figurative Language

comparing two objects using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

compares something directly to something else

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a phrase that has a meaning different from its literal meaning

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

exaggeration

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

human attributes and feelings given to non human objects or things

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The house was as black as night.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her cheeks were on fire.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It is raining cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Florida is a million miles away.

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It was so hot at Green Lake that the air was sweating.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4