Figurative Language

the beginning sound of a word is repeated two or more times in a phrase or sentence

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

compares two things by using the words like or as

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

words that sound like their meaning

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an exaggerated statement to make a point

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Irony
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• Personification
• Simile

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

compares two things by stating that one thing is something else

• hyperbole
• alliteration

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a phrase that means something different than what the words actually mean

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Match the following

• Nolan ran like a cheetah.

• personification

• She is the meanest person in the world!

• hyperbole

• Caleb was a bull in the soccer game.

• simile

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Match the following

• The bat bounced against the ball.

• alliteration

• The tick tock of the clock was loud.

• idiom

• The new phone cost an arm and a leg!

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4