Figurative Language

Words that make noises or actions:

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

What is the definition of figurative language?

• a phrase that does not mean what it says

• a phrase to be taken literally

• a phrase to be ignored

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

A simile...

• direct comparison of two unlike things

• comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• comparison of two like things using like or as

• direct comparison of two like things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

A metaphor...

• direct comparison of two unlike things

• comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• comparison of two like things using like or as

• direct comparison of two like things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is an adage?

• words or phrases that have different meanings than what the words say

• short well-known saying stating a general truth or piece of advice

• short common saying that tends to be old, known for decades/centuries

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is a proverb?

• words or phrases that have different meanings than what the words say

• short well-known saying stating a general truth or piece of advice

• short common saying that tends to be old, known for decades/centuries

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

Type of sound device in which two or more nearby words have the same beginning sound:

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What is an idiom?

• words or phrases that have different meanings than what the words say

• an extreme exaggeration

• direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is a hyperbole?

• direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• short well-known saying stating a general truth or piece of advice

• a quiet thought

• an extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

Gives human qualities or characteristics to nonhuman objects, ideas, or animals:

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia