Terms to Memorize: All 43

non-human things are given human characteristics: Example - “Lightning danced across the sky.”

• allusion

• analogy

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a word’s sound imitates its meaning. Example - “hiss”

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• analogy

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually using like or as. Example - “I wandered lonely as a cloud”

• simile

• meatphor

• symbol

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an implied comparison between dissimilar objects. Example - “Her talents blossomed”

• repetition

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a place, thing, or event used to represent something else Example- A flag represents a country and their patriotism 

• symbol

• personnification

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words. Example - “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”

• hyperbole

• repetition

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an extreme exaggeration made for emphasis or humor Example- I love you to the moon and back

• allusion

• analogy

• irony

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs  Example- the firefighters station on fire 

• personification

• repetition

• irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

comparison between two things that are otherwise unalike; often use metaphors and similes to create the comparison. Ex. The dress is as white as snow. 

• analogy

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a group of words whose meaning is figurative and different from the actual words of the expression. Example - The bride got “cold feet.”

• idiom

• personification

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4