8th LA figurative language

Reference to a famous character or event

• allusion

• alliteration

• imagery

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The difference between what is expected or what appears to be and what really is

• irony

• idiom

• repetition

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The repetition of vowel sounds

• repetition

• allitteration

• allusion

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The suggestion of a particular sound by means of a word which makes the sound. The natural sound of the word.

• assonance

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Concrete details that appeal to the senses

• imagery

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Repeating the same words or phrases throughout a piece of literature to create a rhythm or set a mood

• alliteration

• repetition

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Specialized vocabulary used by a group that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements. Not meant to be taken literally.

• metaphor

• idiom

• irony

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of two things that have a quality in common, stating that one thing is something else

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech in which a pair of opposite or contradictory terms are used together for emphasis

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• irony

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A