Figurative Language Definitions

Front

What is the term for repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the term for extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What do you call words whose sound suggests their meaning?

Back

Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

What is the literary device that gives human qualities to nonliving things?

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is the figure of speech that describes one thing as if it were another, comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the term for a phrase that contradicts itself, often used for effect?

Back

Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

What is the term for an indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?

Back

Allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

What is the term for a statement that seems self-contradictory but may reveal a truth?

Back

Paradox

Front

What is the term for a word or phrase that is used to represent something else, often a broader concept?

Back

Symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5