Figurative Language & Literary Devices

language techniques that are used in literature that are not meant literally

• metaphor

• figurative language

• literal language

• literary devices

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the comparison of two or more things, not using like or as

• simile

• allusion

• analogy

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

two or more words that have the same beginning sound

• figurative language

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the background information about the characters & setting that is explained at the beginning of the story

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

an extreme exaggeration

• extended metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison of two or more things using like or as

• metaphor

• analogy

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a word that mimics the sound of the word

• alliteration

• figurative language

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the complicating events that occur before the climax of the story

• exposition

• setting

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the life lesson or message about human nature; the main idea, message, or insight revealed by the author

• theme

• analogy

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the events that occur after the climax

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C