8th, Figurative Language, Review

Human characteristics given to an object, animal, or idea.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of the beginning consonant sound.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using vivid sensory words to paint a mental picture.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Referring to another piece of literature, movie, or character to make a connection.

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Irony

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of clarification or explanation.

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Irony

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An expression that has a different cultural meaning outside of its literal meaning.

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Irony

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected to happen.

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Irony

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The dictionary definition of a word.

• Connotative (figurative)

• Denotative (literal)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4