Figurative Language & Sound Devices

the repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words

• personification
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

an expression that does not mean what it literally says

• simile
• analogy
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

an intentional exaggeration

• hyperbole
• personification
• analogy
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

comparing two unlike objects using “like” or “as”

• metaphor
• alliteration
• simile
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human qualities to non-human objects

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a comparison between two unlike objects without using “like” or “as”

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• analogy
• simile

a word that has a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personification
• idiom

a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

• simile
• idiom
• analogy
• alliteration

"You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep."

• simile
• analogy
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“The highway don’t care if you’re coming home, but I do.”

• idiom
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A