Figurative Language

Front

Definition: comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Definition: a comparison of two unlike things by saying one is another.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Definition: an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Definition: an expression meaning something different from its literal interpretation.

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Definition: When an author uses non-literal words or phrases to make the text interesting.

Back

Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Definition: describes using 5 senses; helps visualize a picture

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Definition: repetition of consonant sounds at the start of nearby 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

Definition: repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Back

assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Definition: Words that imitate their meaning, e.g., 'boom', 'splash'.

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5