Figurative Language

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

an extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a phrase that says one thing but means something else

• allusion

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a word that represents a sound

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

• personification

• allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

when a story mentions a book, movie, song, character, or real person

• alliteration

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When life got difficult, Sally took Dory's advice and just kept swimming.

• metaphor

• allusion

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The slithering snake snuck into our garage.

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4