Figurative Language Review

Figure of speech that compares two unlikely things

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A play on words

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Pun

Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words near one another

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines

• Epiphore

• Anaphora

• Onomatopoeia

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Two unlikely words put together to make a new idea

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

Repetition of vowel sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Pun

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition at the end of lines

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Epiphore

Mushing, howling, and rattling all examples of _____.

• Puns

• Hyperboles

• Onomatopoeias

• Oxymorons

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

"High as my hopes have flown before" and "fast like a race car" are examples of _________.

• Metaphors

• Repetition

• Similes

• Puns

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Dreary, weary, and weak" is an example of ________.

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Oxymoron