Figurative Language

Front

Words or phrases appealing to the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Represents itself and something else

Back

symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Comparison of two unlike things 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

Comparison of two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Deliberate and outrageous exaggeration

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

A paradox combining opposite terms (e.g., small crowd, living dead).

Back

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Speaker says one thing, means the opposite.

Back

verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Event unexpected by characters or audience

Back

situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Metaphor giving human traits to inanimate objects or ideas

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical entity

Back

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4