Figurative Language

Alliteration

• A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Allusion

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

• When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea

• A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Analogy

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words “like” or “as”

• A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity; it expresses a set of like relationships between two sets of terms

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Anaphora

• The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

• A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words

• A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Assonance

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

• A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Hyperbole

• An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words “like” or “as”

• A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Metaphor

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

• A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words “like” or “as”

• A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things

• A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Onomatopoeia

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

• The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea

• A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Oxymoron

• When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Paradox

• The repetition of vowel sounds

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

• A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words “like” or “as”

• A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D