Figurative Language Review

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

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• oxymoron

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TEKS.ELA.3.10G

TEKS.ELA.5.10G

TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

giving human qualities to non-human things

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

• simile

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TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

the repetition of the same initial consonant sound

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• exaggeration

• metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

words whose sounds suggest their meaning

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.1C

TEKS.ELA.E1.5F

TEKS.ELA.E2.5F

TEKS.ELA.E3.5F

TEKS.ELA.E4.5F

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

• oxymoron

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.3D

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

a phrase whose words contradict each other with opposite meanings

• oxymoron

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

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

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D