Figurative Language

The repetition of the first letter (or sound) of each word in a sentence or phrase 

• personification 
• simile 
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

An exaggeration of what could happen in real life. 

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Expressions that mean something different than the words or phrase might indicate.

• idiom
• simile 
• onomatopoeia 
• personifcation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A word that represents a sound.

• personifcation
• onomatopoeia 
• metaphor
• idiom 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Compares two things using the word "like" or "as." 

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.4.6

Compares two things, saying something IS something else. 

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

She is as happy as a clam.

• simile
• metaphor
• pun
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The stars are smiling and winking at us!

• personification
• alliteration
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

She is a tall building.

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D