Figurative Language - Definitions

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 by stating one is another:

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Exaggeration that cannot be true

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Human qualities to nonhuman things

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Expression with a meaning different from its literal words

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Means exactly what it says

Back

Literal language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Words/phrases with non-literal meanings

Back

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Describes using 5 senses; helps visualize.

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Indirect reference to something without naming it.

Back

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Repetition of same 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