Figurative Language for Sept 12

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally and is usually intended to be imaginative or vivid is called…

• Onomatopoeia

• Figurative Language

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show strong emotion is called…

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” is called…

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A direct comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as” is called…

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A common expression that doesn’t make sense if taken literally but has a culturally understood meaning is called…

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The use of words that imitate natural sounds is called…

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words is called…

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas is called…

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A