Figurative Language Lesson

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read these lines from a poem:

"the stars talk away the night" is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

compares two very different things without using like or as (figurative language) ​ ​ (a)  

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• claim

• sequence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (figurative language) (a)  

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound (figurative language) ​ (a)   ​

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• claim

• sequence

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are is ​ (a)   .

• hyperbole

• mood

• language

• voice

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Figurative language (4)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B