Figurative Language

What figurative language are common expressions or sayings that mean something different from their literal meaning?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Define ✨ simile ✨

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison made by calling one thing another thing

• giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What figurative language compares two things by saying one thing IS another thing (without using "like" or "as")?

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Define ✨ hyperbole ✨

• the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• common expressions in which the words mean something different from their literal meaning

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• a word that mimics a sound

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What figurative language uses words that mimics a sound (sound words)?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Define ✨ alliteration ✨

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison made by calling one thing another

• the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What figurative language gives human characteristics to something that is not human?

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Define ✨ allusion ✨

• referencing a famous person, place, event, or literary work.

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

Her eyes were as blue as the sky.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

The ball swished as it made its way into the net.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4