Figurative Language

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Talking animals are an example of what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Cliche

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement
• A sound effect
• A comparison of two things using like or as
• The use of a word associated with a sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A metaphor that can be the length of a poem

• simile

• extended metaphor

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Allusion is defined as______

• Two lines working as a unit

• A reference to a famous person, place, or event

• A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds

• Words that involve one of the five senses

Putting two opposite ideas, settings, characters, etc side by side to create a dramatic effect

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Words or phrases that are repeated in writings to give emphasis

• alliteration
• repetition
• assonance
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of inner vowel (a-e-i-o-u) sounds in nearby words

• assonance
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4