Figurative Language and Sound Devices

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a comparison of one thing as if it were another

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Jack's hair and beard are bright blond. 

• literal language is used
• figurative language is used

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24 hour shift was finally over.

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then dropping it.

• literal laguage
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.

• literal language
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The skin on the farmer's face was as wrinkled , weathered, and worn as the leather on a horse's harness.  What is being compared in this simile?

• farmer-face
• farmer-leather
• skin-leather

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D