Figurative Language

Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An obvious exaggeration

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison between 2 unlike things. WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving non-human objects human qualities

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of 2 things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Piper piped a pepper"

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Paul was so big, his shirt buttons were made of wagon wheels!

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Laughter is music to the soul

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

ding-dong!

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5