Figurative Language Review

What is PERSONIFICATION?

• To give human-like qualities to non-human objects.

• To describe a character's thoughts and feelings.

• To create a vivid image using sensory details.

• To compare two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is ALLITERATION example?

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

• A big brown bear sat on a big brown rug.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a HYPERBOLE example?

• I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• It’s raining cats and dogs.

• He runs faster than the wind.

• She has a heart of stone.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a SIMILE example?

• Her smile was like the sun.

• He runs as fast as a cheetah.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Time is a thief.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a METAPHOR example?

• Time is a thief.

• Life is a journey.

• He runs like the wind.

• She has a heart of stone.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is SIMILE?

• Comparing 2 objects using 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of metaphor that involves personification.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is HYPERBOLE?

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to prove a point.

• A type of metaphor that compares two unlike things.

• A literary device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds.

• A technique used to create a vivid image in the reader's mind.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a METAPHOR?

• A comparison of two objects using 'LIKE'

• A direct comparison of two objects using 'IS'

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect

• A type of analogy that uses 'AS'

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is ALLITERATION?

• The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

• The use of similar sounding words at the end of lines in poetry.

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an ONOMATOPOEIA example?

• The bees buzzed.

• A loud explosion.

• The sound of silence.

• A gentle whisper.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5