Figurative Language Overview

A comparison that uses like, as, or than.

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A comparison that does not use like, as, or than.

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The assigning of human qualities to a nonliving thing.

• Humanitarian

• Allusion

• Personification

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Identify the figurative language device being used: The Christmas bells clanged and jingled.

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of an image or thing to represent something else.

• Repetition

• Symbolism

• Representation

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A reference to another work, such as the Bible or mythology.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the figurative language device being used: "I'm like a bird, I want to fly away." -Nelly Furtado

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language device being used: Black Friday shopping is a nightmare.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language device being used: The warm sun smiled on Shelby yesterday afternoon.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D