Figurative Language and Poetry

a phrase or expression whose meaning can't be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it.

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant

• Allusion

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

as a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

uses the words “like” or “as”

to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things without using “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when a text references another external text—or maybe a person, place or event. It can be either explicit or implicit.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

to an animal or an object.

• Juxtaposition

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Language that does not mean what is being said

• Literal Language

• Newspaper article

• Figurative Language

• Essay

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4