Spooky Scary Figurative Language

Use to compare two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Used to compare two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggeration that is SO dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Giving human characteristics to an animal or an object

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A saying or expression that says one thing literally but means something else

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The house loomed over me like a mountain, as I stood at the gate."

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"The tree branches reached out with clawing fingers."

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The moon was a lantern in the night sky."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The mask scared the pants off of me!"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"My sister dug her own grave when she left the house without permission."

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A