Understanding Figurative Language

Front

Simile

Back

Comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Metaphor

Back

Direct comparison without "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Personification

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Hyperbole

Back

Extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Words that imitate sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Alliteration

Back

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

Front

Idiom

Back

Phrase with a meaning different from the literal words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Imagery

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

allusion

Back

reference to a famous place, person, or event

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

repetition

Back

repeating words or phrases

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4