Figurative Language XL

A comparison using like or as is

• a simile

• a metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A comparison that does not use like or as is

• a metaphor

• a simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggerated comparison is

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

giving an inanimate object human qualities is

• personification

• denotation

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

two or more words in a row starting with the same sound

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He runs like a deer.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

That nasty man is a fox.

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He can jump tall buildings in a single stride.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbolism

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The wind whistled through the trees.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A