Figurative Language

An extreme exaggeration

• simile

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a direct comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a common saying with a meaning completely different than what the words literally means - an old saying or phrase that people use

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a comparison of two unlike things, using the words 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

when the same sounds are used at the beginning of several words in a sentence - 'all the sounds are the same'

• simile

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

a word that represents a sound - the word sounds like the sound it makes

• simile

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

when a non-human object is given human qualities or emotions

• simile

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

"I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass" is an example of....

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Her voice was music to my ears" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"I’ve seen this movie a thousand times" is an example of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3