Teaching Resource
Figurative Language Poster Pack
A poster pack containing 8 different types of figurative language.
Use this poster pack when teaching figurative language to your students.
Print out the posters and hang them in an area of your classroom that is visible to all students as a reference throughout your poetry unit.
This pack contains the following figures of speech:
- Personification
- Metaphor
- Simile
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
- Idiom
- Hyperbole
- Oxymoron.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.A
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.

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