Figurative Language/Poetry

A word that means exactly or nearly the same as another

• Alliteration

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Giving human qualities to non-living things.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words whose sound suggest its meaning.

• Onomatopoeia

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A word opposite in meaning to another

• Alliteration

• Antonym

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Antonym

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Synonym

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A comparison of two unlike things that implies one thing is similar to another.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extravagant exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison of two unlike items using the words like and as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Synonym

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Using very descriptive language so that the words paint pictures in the reader's mind.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5