Figurative Language

The evening melted away like a snowflake.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes.

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The poppies in the field danced joyfully in the wind.

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

She talks at 1000 miles per hour!

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The blanket was a cocoon.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Break a leg!

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is a simile?

• It compares two things without using "like" or "as"

• It compares two things using "like" or "as"

• An over-the-top exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• the beginning sounds of several words in a phrase or sentence are the same or similar 

• a saying with a meaning that is different from its literal meaning

• It compares two things without using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is alliteration?

• a saying with a meaning that is different from its literal meaning

• giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects or non-living things

• the beginning sounds of several words in a phrase or sentence are the same or similar

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4