8th Figurative Language

A figure of speech which involves direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like, as, or than.

• Metaphor

• Hypernbole

• Paralellism

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as.

• Personfication

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Allegory

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 which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Paradox

• Parallelism

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 mimic sounds.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

• Idiom

• Adage

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Personification

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Adage

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Understatement

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Downplaying a situation that is more serious than led to believe.

• Euphemism

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6