Figurative Language Practice

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Definition: an exaggerated statement used to create an emphasis

• hyperbole

• simile

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: comparing two unlike things by using “like” or “as”

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Definition: visually descriptive language that represent things in such a way that appeals to our physical senses

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition: a phrase that combines two words that are opposite

• allusion

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Definition: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature

• allusion

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Definition: a word that resembles the sound it represents

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Definition: comparing two unlike things by NOT using “like” or “as”

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Definition: an expression whose meanings are different from the actual literal meaning of the words

• imagery

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Definition: the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4