Figurative Language

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally

• Personification
• Verbal Irony
• Hyperbole
• Simile

A phrase that means something different that its individual words seem to mean

• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

Compares two things without like or as

• Verbal Irony
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

Describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person

• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Idiom
• Verbal Irony

Comparison between two things using like or as

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom

When speakers say the opposite of what they mean to be funny or make a point

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification
• Verbal Irony

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Personification
• Onomotopeia

repeating word or phrase for emphasis

• allusion
• personification
• idiom
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3