Figurative Language (personification, simile, and metaphors)

Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'

• Personification 
• Metaphor
• Simile  

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means just what the words say.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The wind howled in the night.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile

• hyperbole

• understatements

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind.

• Metaphors

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Laughter is the music of the soul

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• Personifcation

• Simile

• Understatment

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3