Literary Terms and Figurative Language

a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a direct comparison between unlike things in which something is called something else

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an object or animal is given life-like characteristics and is spoken about as if it were human

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

an extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a metaphor that is extended or developed over several lines of writing or throughout an entire piece of writing

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the writer's attitude toward a subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the emotional feeling created in a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a writer uses symbols to represent deeper ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a writer's underlying message in a piece of writing; a message about life

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the writer's intent or reason behind the writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6