Figurative Language

Which figurative language gives human traits to non-human objects?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as?"

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language is shown below?

"Her tears flowed like a river down her cheek?"

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an Example of Alliteration?

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
• She was giving him the cold shoulder
• He was fuming like a pot.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Ethan’s smile is a mile wide.

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The candle flame danced in the dark.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a denotation?

• The dictionary definition of a word

• The feeling a word gives to a reader

• a book signed by an author (like an autograph)

• An introvert with many friends

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What word gives a NEGATIVE connotation?

• nasty

• exciting

• carefree

• bashful

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4