Figurative Language Definitions

The repetition of the first letter or sound in a series of words.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A brief reference to another piece of writing, or to a familiar person, event, or subject

• connotation

• alliteration

• aside

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

How the author shows a character's personality.

• connotation

• conflict

• characterization

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Skipping from what is currently happening to tell about something that happened in the past.

• conflict

• foreshadow

• flashback

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Clues or hints about what will happen later in the story.

• aside

• foreshadow

• conflict

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Over-exaggeration for dramatic effect.

• allusion

• irony

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the comparison of two or more, unlike things.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that imitates the sound the word makes.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The feeling associated with a word.

• characterization

• connotation

• alliteration

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

Dictionary meaning of a word.

• hyperbole

• connotation

• allusion

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6