Types of Figurative Language

an exaggerated statement

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

comparing two things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

comparing two things without using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a sentence or phrase that means something different than the words say

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

giving a non-human like object human like characteristics or qualities

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

There are a million people in this room.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My sister is as smart as a computer.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Hold your horses!

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The soccer player was a rocket shooting across the field.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The plates danced around the table.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4