Figurative Language Recap

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

• Allusion

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Uses figurative language to compare two different things using the words “like” or “as.”

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Gives human characteristics to items or objects that are non-human

• Allusion

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that makes use of exaggeration to make a strong impact, but is not meant to be taken literally.

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The combination of two contradictory words or phrases.

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Placing two elements or words side by side and letting the reader or viewer compare them. This act compares and contrasts the two elements, usually opposites, and can show irony, humor or sadness.

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It is a stylistic device in which a number of words having the same first consonant sound occur close together in a series.

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word that describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.

• Onomatopeia

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Splat" or "boom" is an example of what?

• Onomatopeia

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Sally sells seashells down by the sea shore" is an example of what?

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4