Figurative Language Definitions

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that represents a sound

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Compares two different things without use the words "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An expression where the words use, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4