Literary devices - Figurative Language

hyperbole

• when a writer exaggerates something: DRAMA

• when a person has a hard time staying calm

• an expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

idiom

• someone who struggles in school

• an expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning

• a direct comparison between two things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

imagery

• when something non-human is given human-like qualities

• a pic or picture

• the use of language that appeals to your senses (see it, hear it, feel it, etc)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

personification

• a person who has been mummified

• an expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning

• when something non-human is given human-like qualities

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

metaphor

• comparison between two things using like or as

• a sentence fragment

• a comparison between two things that don't necessarily have to be alike but make a link in the reader's mind.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

simile

• a comparison between two things using like or as

• something people do when they're happy

• the use of language that appeals to your senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Nobody invites Edward to parties because he is a wet blanket.

• metaphor

• imagery

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk.

• simile

• imagery

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October afternoon.

• imagery

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Jamie runs as fast as the wind.

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D