Figurative Language Vocabulary

words or phrases that mean something different than what they actually say

• figurative language

• symbolism

• allusion

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a comparison using like or as

• similie

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison that does NOT use the words like or as

• similie

• metaphor

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a phrase of two or more words that contradict each other

• idiom

• oxymoron

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• allusion

• symbolism

• similie

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a sound word that lets you hear the sound as you say the word

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• oxymoron

• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a reference to a well known story, event, object, or person

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• reference

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a common word or phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

• idiom

• idiot

• similie

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

objects or words used to hold the meaning or qualities of something else

• personification

• symbolism

• allusion

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5