Figurative Language Terms Review

Non-human things are given human characteristics

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word's sound imitates its meaning

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• 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

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A place, thing, or event used to represent something else

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Analogy

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

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Analogy

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs

• Irony

• Analogy

• Idiom

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Comparsion between tow things that are otherwise unalike

• Analogy

• Idiom

• Repetition

• Imagery

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 acutal words of the expression

• Idiom

• Repetition

• Imagery

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4