Figurative Language

Compares two different things in an interesting way and uses LIKE or AS.

• symbol

• simile

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human.

• cliche

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

When an author or character refers to a well-known event, person, place, or thing. An implied or indirect reference especially in literature.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• symbol

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison of two different things that does NOT use like or as.

• hyperbole

• personification

• cliche

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis, humor, or effect.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that imitate real sounds.

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The repeating of the same beginning sound in a group of words.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The use of an object to represent an idea, quality, or emotion.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• allusion

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty.

• hyperbole

• personification

• cliche

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A phrase or expression that typically represents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.

• idiom

• alliteration

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4