Figurative Language Vocabulary

A group of lines forming the basic repeating metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

• Paragraphs

• Stanza

• Lines

• Parts

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Language that contains or uses figures of speech, for example, metaphors and similes.

• Symbols

• Literal meaning

• Expression

• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Allusion

• Consonant

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Visually descriptive or figurative language

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A word which imitates the natural sounds of an object

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A figure of speech in an idea or an animal is given human attributes

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A figure of speech that makes a comparison with the help of the words “like” or “as"; a direct comparison

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• Figurative language

• Stanza

• Verse

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4