Figurative Language

Front

Type of communication that doesn't use a word's strict meaning

Back

Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

A figure of speech with contradictory terms together.

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

A figure of speech comparing one thing to another using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

A figure of speech where a word/phrase is applied to an object/action not literally applicable.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Attribution of human traits to something nonhuman.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Same letter/sound at the start of adjacent words.

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

"As slow as a sloth" is an example of

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

"Small crowd" is an example of

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A