Figurative Language

Simile

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Metaphor

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Personification

• exaggeration

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Onomatopoeia

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given h

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Hyperbole

• exaggeration

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Idiom

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or even

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Allusion

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Alliteration

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• exaggeration

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4