Figurative Language

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that imitates the sound of what it describes.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A sound device used to repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Life is a roller coaster.

• metaphor

• similie

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My backpack weighs a ton.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The acorn plopped into the puddle.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personfication

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

You were as brave as a lion.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The stars danced playfully in the moon sky.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D