Simile Metaphor Allusion

Define METAPHOR - 

• repeating beginning sounds
• a figure of speech
• sound words
• comparing without "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Define ALLITERATION - 

• sound words
• repeating beginning sounds
• comparing using "like" or "as"
• giving human qualities to a nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Define SIMILE - 

• an exaggeration
• repeating beginning sounds
• comparing with "like" or "as"
• sound words

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Define PERSONIFICATION - 

• an exaggeration
• comparing using "like" or "as"
• giving human qualities to a nonhuman
• sound words

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of...

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"Superman is a man of steel." This is an example of...

• a metaphor
• an idiom
• an oxymoron
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The train screamed down the tracks. 

• Simile
• Alliteration 
• Metaphor
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D