Figurative Language Review

Figurative language that uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two things

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Language that is plain and direct

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Figurative language that exaggerates

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Figurative language that gives human traits to a non- human thing

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

She wore a lively outfit.

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Figurative language that implies that two things being compared are the same thing

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A saying thats meaning is understood, but doesn't mean literally what is being said.

• Personification

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The traffic crawled along the congested highway.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The city slept well the night the murderer was captured.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A