Figurative Language Review

a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human qualities to non-human things

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

the repetition of the same initial consonant sound

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• exaggeration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

words whose sounds suggest their meaning

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a group of words whose meaning isn't understood from their literal meaning

• oxymoron

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

a phrase whose words contradict each other with opposite meanings

• oxymoron

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This sentence is an example of what kind of figurative language: "She is a ray of sunshine."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D