Figurative Language

Front

Repetition of consonant sounds

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Reference to a famous person or event

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Hint of future events

Back

Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Exaggerated statements

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

A figure of speech comparing one thing to another.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Words that sound like what they describe.

Back

Onamonapia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Human-like qualities to animals/objects

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Comparing unlike things using like, as, or as though

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D