Figurative Language

Front

This coffee shop is an ice box!

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Moves fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The sky misses the sun at night

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Told you a million times to clean your room!

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Smelling pizza from a mile away.

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Alliteration example:

Back

Your friends will flip-flop fast when facing trouble.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Hyperbole:

Back

Using an unbelievable exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is an idiom?

Back

A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B