Figurative Language Terms

A figure of speech comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Connotation

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The use of words that sound like their meaning or mimic sounds...

• Personification

• Idiom

• Imagery

• 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 human characteristics are given to an animal or object...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words...

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Nuance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things and does not use like or as...

• Metaphor

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Language that causes people to imagine pictures in their minds...

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words someone uses in speaking or writing...

• Personification

• Tone

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

The definition of a word; the word's literal meaning

• Denotation

• Simiile

• Nuance

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

An exaggeration that emphasizes a point...

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The emotions or feelings associated with a word

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D