Figurative Language - Terms and Definitions

* uses like or as to compare

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

*uses was or is to compare

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

giving human or 'person' qualities to non-human animals, places, things, or ideas

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

using words to express sounds *comic book action words

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

over exaggerating an instance, or tale to seem more, worse, or bigger than actuality

• hyperbole

• analogy

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

using two words that are complete opposites of one another to describe

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

an expression used in speech or writing that is not meant to be taken literally

• idiom

• analogy

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

referencing or mentioning another story, song...in the midst of something else

• allusion

• assonance

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word * tongue twisters

• alliteration

• analogy

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a humorous play on words

• pun

• personification

• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A