Figurative Language Check

_{a comparison of two things using the word "like" or "as"}

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Allusion
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• Metaphor
• Tone
• Onomatopeia
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Assonance
• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of the vowel sound, found in poetry

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Assonance
• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Personification
• Onomatopeia
• Hyperbole
• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--  real or fictional

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Assonance
• Connotation 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Idea or feeling that a word invokes

• Mood 
• Tone 
• Connotation
• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a comparison of two things not using the words "like" or "as"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Language that means something different from the  literal meanings, a comparison that authors make

• Connotation
• Denotation
• Onomatopeia
• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The literal meaning of a word, dictionary definition

• Connotation
• Denotation
• Mood
• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B