Figurative Language Practice

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

• alliteration

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 like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Combines two normally contadictory terms.

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

a series of words that begin with the same letter or sound.

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

giving humanlike characteristics to a nonliving thing.

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

• idiom

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A reference to a well known person, event, place, or literary work.

• symbolism

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Extreme exaggeration.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• symbolism

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a phrase that does not mean literally what is being said.

• symbolism

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Using an object to represent something else, like an idea or quality.

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of Figurative Language is " Anthony has butterflies in his belly"?

• metaphor
• idiom
• simile
• personifaction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B