Figurative Language

A _________ is a comparison between two things that does not use the words like or as.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A _______ is a comparison between two things that does use the words like or as to signal comparison.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.

• Euphemism

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Bang! Boom! Pow! Crash!

• Allusion

• Personification

• Onomatopoeiaeia

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase (ex: jumbo shrimp)

• Euphemism

• Rhyme

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Referring to something that is considered common knowledge is an...

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Hyperbole

• An exaggeration for effect

• Means the opposite of what it seems

• A reference to a piece of common knowledge

• Repetition of vowel sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Personification is when...

• You refer to something considered common knowledge

• You repeat consonant sounds

• You give human-like qualities to non-human things

• You exaggerate to make a point

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Repetition of consonant sounds is...

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of vowel sounds within consecutive words is...

• Alliteration

• Euphemis

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4