Figurative Language

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.

Uses LIKE or AS.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.

NO like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Words that imitate or sound like what they mean.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

An over exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

Maggie makes Max match many marbles.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A