Figurative Language

• My brother is taller than a skyscraper.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

• Your son was a shining star in my classroom.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

• My mother is as busy as a bee.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An exaggeration, not a literal statement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison between two things not using the words "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

• The pitter-patter of paws echoed down the hallway and woke me from my sleep.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

• The computer argued with me and refused to work.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A