Figurative Language

A comparison using "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Fruity Pebbles

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison not using "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Jaws

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The class went on forever. The clock was laughing at me." This is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Brussel Sprouts

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?

• Krispy Kreme

• She sells sea shells by the seashore

• Purple people eater

• English class will help me communicate.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Onomatopoeia is...

• a word that sounds like the sound it represents

• exaggeration for effect

• repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words

• Bananas

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Alliteration is...

• Giving non human objects human characteristics

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words

• Exaggeration for effect

• A comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an Idiom?

• A word or phrase that means something different from what it says.

• A comparison without using like or as

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words

• A loud monkey that lives in jungle regions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"That's a piece of cake!" is an example of an:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Choose the word that is NOT an example of onomatopoeia.

• Pop

• Study

• Crackle

• Swoosh

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Hyperbole is:

• Giving non human objects human traits

• Exaggeration for effect

• A word that sounds like the sound it represents

• A city in Holland

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A