Elements of Figurative Language

A comparision using like or as

• metaphor

• similie

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A comparison, the author just says it

• pun

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

when the author gives an object human like characteristics

• idiom

• similie

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests meanings

• poetry

• pun

• similie

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

an exaggeration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• pun

• onoatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

• personification

• pun

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

when the author repeats the beginning sound of words in a line

• poem

• similie

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

sensory details that appeal to your hearing

• metaphor

• similie

• onomatopoeia

• poet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Alanna is like a breath of fresh air.

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Pun

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Alana is a picture.

• similie

• metaphor

• pun

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D