Figurative Language - Definitions

a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• juxtaposition

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest

• literal language

• idiom

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

means exactly what it says

• literal language

• figurative language

• irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

uses words or phrases that do not have everyday, literal meanings

• literal language

• figurative language

• assonance

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

describes using 5 senses; helps you see it in your mind

• juxtaposition

• simile

• idiom

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an indirect reference to something, meant to call it to mind without mentioning it by name

• juxtaposition

• allusion

• idiom

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the repetition of the same vowel sounds inside of words that are close together

• literal language

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4