Fig. Lang. Definitions

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A word that makes a sound effect. Words that sound like a noise.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an extreme exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in a series.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a common saying that does not literally mean what it says, such as "you are the apple of my eye" or "the math test was a piece of cake."

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art in pop culture.

• simile

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as--a direct comparison using the "be" verb--"is, are, was, were, be, been, being, of"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the actual meaning of a word--language that means exactly what is stated

• literal language

• idiom language

• onomatopoeia

• figurative langage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a non-human object acts like a human. This object takes on human characteristics.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A