Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

A word or phrase used in place of another to literally represent a likeness or analogy between the two.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman or nonliving thing.

• Allegory

• Persona

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An overexaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing, or to a part of another text.

• Allegory

• Apostrophe

• Aphorism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The same letter or sounds at the beginning of words.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Irony

Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

• Poetry

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A contradiction between two words put together.

• Onomatopoeia

• Epigram

• Apostrophe

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A seemingly contradictory statement.

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Paradox

• Apostrophe