Figurative Language Definitions

Repetition of sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• 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 or overstatement that a writer uses for emphasis or comic effect

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Uses vivid description that stimulates the readers’ senses to create an image or idea in their head, a sensational experience, and an emotional experience.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Makes a comparison between two different things by stating that one thing is another.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Makes a comparison between two unlike things by using a connective word—like, as, than, or resembles.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• sensory details

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Gives a non-human thing such as an idea, object, or animal, human qualities or characteristics.

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• sensory details

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The use of the five senses to engage readers’ interest and help them engage with the text

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• sensory details

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An accepted phrase or expression contrary to the usual meaning … not literal

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• sensory details

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4