Figurative Language

Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as is

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words is

• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A play on words is

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• idiom
• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as is

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Two opposite words used together is

• pun
• alliteration
• oxymoron
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Words that imitate their sounds

• oxymoron
• pun
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Exaggeration for emphasis is 

• idiom
• simile
• pun
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Phrase you should not take literally that often has historical origin is

• pun
• oxymoron
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Literal language means exactly what it says.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• pun
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A