Figurative Language-Brain PoP

Literal language

• means exactly what it says

• says one thing and means something different

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Figurative language

• means exactly what it says

• says one thing but means something different

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a simile?

• A type of figurative language that uses like or as to compare two things.

• a sound word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A metaphor is

• a type of figurative language that does NOT use like or as to compare two things.

• a type of figurative language that use like or as to compare two things.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is hyperbole?

• a sound word (BOOM)

• a major exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Irony is...

• a literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true; SAYING ONE THING BUT MEANING THE OPPOSITE.

• being specific in what you say.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

An allusion is 

• a reference to something well-known (person, place, or event)

• a sound word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• a sound word

• comparing two things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is this?

My mom was busy as a bee.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this?

The classroom was a zoo.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4