Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, and Personification

Words that imitate the sound they describe

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of Figurative Language is this?

The sun smiled and chased away the clouds.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of Figurative Language is this?

My life is a roller coaster - full of ups and downs.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to something that is NOT human

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I heard the crunch of his feet as he walked in the snow.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The engine revved and roared.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Thump, thump, thump went my heartstrings"

• A. Personification

• B. Onomatopoeia

• C. Simile

• D. Metaphor

• E. Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The fire hissed and crackled when I poked the burning wood.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3