Figurative Language & Poetry

a comparison of two things NOT using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

a comparison of two things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

an extreme exaggeration

• personification

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

the repetition of the first letter/ sound of a word

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• personification

two words with opposite meanings

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

giving a non human thing human qualities

• personification

• hypperbole

• imagery

• symbolism

a word that is also a sound

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• alliteration

repetition of a vowel sound in the middle or at the end of the word

• assonance

• consonance

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

using descriptive words that appeal to the 5 senses

• imagery

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

CCSS.W.5.3D

a word or image that stands for/ represents something else

• personification

• metaphor

• symbolism

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4