Identifying Figurative Language

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that represents a sound

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Using very descriptive language

• idiom

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Compares two different things without using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• hyperbole

• imagery

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Jonathan was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4