Figurative Language Terms

the use of the same beginning consonant sounds in a line or verse

• palindrome

• idiom

• synonym

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a comparison of two things by using the words "like" or "as"

• idiom

• simile

• antonym

• homophones

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison in which one thing is said to be another

• proverb

• pun

• adage

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a word that imitates the sound it represents

• onomatopoeia

• antonym

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

an exaggerated statement

• proverb

• cliche

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

giving human qualities to animals or objects

• antonym

• palindrome

• assonance

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

different words that have the same meaning

• antonym

• homophones

• synonym

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.8.5C

words that have the opposite meanings

• palindrome

• synonym

• antonym

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.8.6

words that sound the same but are spelled differently

• homophones

• adage

• pun

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5B

an expression that doesn't exactly mean what the word says

• idiom

• alliteration

• adage

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4