Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• A comparison between 2 things.

• A comparison between 2 things using like or as.

• An exaggeration.

• Words that make a sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Same letter or sound at the beginning of the sentence.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Word that gives a sounds effect.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Baseball is a harder sport than football.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Mike hit a home run and it bounced off the moon.

• SImile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It's raining acts and dogs.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The trees danced with the wind.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Match the following

• compares 2 things

• Hyperbole

• Expression

• Alliteration

• compares 2 things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Same letter or sound at the beginning of the sentecne

• Simile

• Exaggerated statement

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

She is as fast as a cheetah.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The dog laughed so loud.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4