Introduction to Figurative Language

A metaphor compares two unlike objects without using the words like or as

• True

• False

• I DON'T KNOW

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An expression that cannot be taken literally (it does not mean what it says)

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration that is used for dramatic effect

• True

• False

• I DON'T KNOW

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Personification gives human-like traits to objects that are not human

• True

• False

• I DON'T KNOW

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Figurative language where words mimic sound

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomotopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Figurative language with repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Onomotopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparing two unlike objects or things using the words like and as

• Metaphor

• Onomotopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D