Figurative language and Sound devices

extreme exaggeration that is not intended to be believed

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are near each other usually in a poem

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

a reference to a real event, person, place, or idea that has cultural, political or historical significance

• simile

• repetition

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison of two unlike things that states that one thing is the other thing

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving an inanimate object characteristics of a human

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

words that have the exact same ending

• metaphor

• rhyme

• consonance

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• hyperbole

• assonance

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a word created to mimic a sound

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a repetition of vowel sounds in several words found close together usually in poetry

• hyperbole

• rhyme

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

a technique where the writer uses a word, syllable, or phrase over and over as a literary device

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• hyperbole

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4