Figurative Language Identification

a comparison using like or as

• smile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison between two thing by saying one this is the other

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The attribution of a personal trait or characteristic to something nonhuman.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a word whose sound suggests its meaning

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

extreme exaggeration used to make a point

• idiom

• imagery

• symbolism

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words

• idiom

• allusion

• hyperbole

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a text referencing another external test-or maybe a person, place, or event.

• symbol

• imagery

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

an object that represents an idea

• personfification

• allusion

• alliteration

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of descriptive adjectives to create strong visual images of what is being described.

• symbolism

• sensory imagery

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4