The Giver Figurative Language

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor 

• Simile

• Personification 

• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Different figures of speech that goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to be more descriptive. 

• Figurative Language 

• Assonance 

• Idiom

• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words

• Metaphor 

• Hyperbole

• Idiom 

• Allusion 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An object that is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. 

• Alliteration 

• Personification 

• Metaphor 

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other 

• Simile

• Metaphor 

• Personification 

• Figurative Language 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Life is a winding road is an example of 

• simile

• personificaiton

• metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky is an example of 

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"He's whispering - spilling words like showers of sleet" is an example of _________________.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Kenning

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What kind of figurative language is "ring-giver"?

• Personification

• Kenning

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What kind of figurative language is "...and the timbered hall screamed back at me"?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Kenning

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4