Figurative Language

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is being personified? 
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon
• forest
• me

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

a phrase that has two opposite words

• Simile
• Irony
• Personification
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects

• Simile
• Irony
• Personification
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The final exam was easy as  ABC!

• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5