Figurative Language Terms

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• smilie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human qualities to nonliving things

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

words whose sound suggest its meaning

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

extreme exaggeration

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a phrase whos literal meaning is different from its implied meaning

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4