Figurative Language Disney

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A comparison of two unrelated things

• An exaggerated statement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

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