Figurative Language

the repetition of words with the same beginning sound

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

to make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A phrase that means something other than what it actually says

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

sensory language; paints a picture in your mind [looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes]

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a figure of speech comparing two things by stating that one thing is another thing.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

• imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a figure of speech in which objects or animals are given human qualities

• Onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The author of the poem

• author

• poetry

• illustrator

• poet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

using the same word or phrase over and over again

• repetition

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

two or more words that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• rhyme

• idiom

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4