descriptive words or phrases used in writing to add detail or make comparisons

• aphorism

• sentences

• figurative language

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

comparing two unlike things by using like or as, as if, or than

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

purposely repeating something

• repetition

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

when you give an animal or non-living object human traits

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

words that actually SOUND like the thing they describe

• nouns

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a really huge, elephant-sized exaggeration

• metaphor

• adjective

• hyperbole

• sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a common phrase that means something different than the words literally mean

• slang words

• idiom

• semaphor

• onomanotopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

As red as a tomato

• metaphor

• simile

• dscriber

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

He's a total bear when he wakes up in the morning.

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• true.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D