Figurative Language Practice 2

A comparison of two unlike things using a word of comparison such as like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that means the sound it represents

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing (animals, objects, ideas)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An humorous exaggeration that cannot possibly be true but it used to make a point

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a sentence.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

• Figurative language
• Direct language
• Concrete language
• Literal language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My little sister is a monster when she hasn’t had a nap.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Crash! Boom! Bang! The cat was on the counter again.

• Simile 
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I was as sick as a dog on the day of the test.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D