Figurative Language

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Comparison of two things, saying that one thing is or was another thing.

• floop

• hangry

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

How the author makes you feel

• mood

• tone

• the feels

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The use of details & adjectives that paint a picture in the readers mind

• imagery

• chronos

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

an item that stands for something else

• Batman

• Symbolism

• Caprisun

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the author's attitude or approach to the topic

• drizzy

• tone

• alliteration

• figurative

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the message or main idea in a text is also called the

• center

• theme

• focal point

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2