Figurative Language

a word that mimics the sound of an object or action it refers to

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a sentence or phrase with words that start with the same SOUND

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

To describe non-human things with HUMAN qualities.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two unlike things USING like or as.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Comparing two things by saying one is another.

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A phrase that means something different than what it says. It should not be taken literally.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Example: The car crashed with a loud BOOM!

• onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Example: Wonderful wombats wind up windmills.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Example: I have one million things to do!

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A