Figurative Language Vocabulary

The repetition of words with the same beginning sound

• imagery

• rhyme

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Two or more words that have the same ending sound

• rhyme

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together usually in a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme.

• simile

• imagery

• stanza

• line

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities

• alliteration

• rhyme

• personification

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech comparing two things by stating that one thing IS another thing

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Using the same word or phrase over and over again

• rhyme

• personification

• simile

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To make something seem larger or more important that it really is; an exaggeration

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes; helps create a mental picture in your mind as you read.

• rhyme

• repetition

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5