Figurative Language

use of descriptive words/phrases to create a picture for the reader

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is an example of an IDIOM?

• The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

• Every cloud has a silver lining.

• Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

• The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The wind is howling

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

You need to hop of your high horse before your head hits the heavens

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Kyra hung her head like a dying flower.

• Metaphor

• alliteration

• Simile

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor? 

• Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them

• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it

• Big exaggeration, usually with humor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word form of a sound

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4