Figurative Language

words or expressions with meaning other than the literal meaning

• figurative language

• coded language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a comparison made between two different subjects

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a comparison is made between two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

an exaggeration of ideas

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the repetition of consonant sounds occurring close together in a series

Example: She sells seashells by the seashore

• imagery

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the use of words that imitate sounds

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a mental picture that is created through the use of descriptive language

• personification

• visualization

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5