Unwind Figurative Language

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Has two or more words in a line that start with the same sound.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The rootbeer fizzed as I poured it into my cup.

• metaphoroeia

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Ethan never stops talking.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read these lines from a poem:

"the stars talk away the night" is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G