Figurative Language Review

Define Simile

• A comparison of two dissimilar items using like, as, or than

• A comparison of two dissimilar items WITHOUT using like, as, or than

• Two opposite ideas coming together to create an effect

• A sound word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Define Hyperbole

• 
  Sound words

• A play on words to produce a humorous effect

• A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than

• 
  An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Define Personification

• 
  Sound word

• Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities

• 
  A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than

• A play on words to produce a humorous effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Define Metaphor

• 
  An extreme exaggeration

• 
  A comparison of two dissimilar items WITHOUT using like, as, or than

• 
  A play on words to produce a humorous effect

• 
  A comparison of two dissimilar items using like, as, or than

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Define Onomatopoeia

• Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities

• 
  A play on words to produce a humorous effect

• An extreme exaggeration

• Sound words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Define Idiom

• Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities

• 
  An extreme exaggeration

• A phrase or sentence that has a figurative meaning.

  Meaning it doesn't literally mean what it says.

  
  

• A comparison of two dissimilar items WITHOUT using like, as, or than

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

This image is an example of a(n)

• 
  Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This image is an example of a(n)

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This image is an example of a(n)

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

“Cathy is as cute as a kitten” is an example of a(n)

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D