Figurative Language Definitions

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing

• Figurative Language

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What takes non-human things and describes them as having human attributes

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an intentional exaggeration of the truth, used to emphasize the importance of something or to create a comic effect

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is like another thing.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What creates images in the mind of the reader?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Allusion

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

• Pun

• Irony

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a play on words that has a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings, or by using similar sounding words that have different meanings.

• Pun

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing

• Figurative Language

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What figurative device uses a number of words with the same first consonant sound.

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3