Figurative Language Vocabulary

What is an Oxymoron?

• Words or phrases that contradict each other

• A type of word that sounds like what it describes

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is an Idiom?

• Repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words

• Words or phrases that contradict each other

• An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say

• Use of vivid words to describe a setting/situation of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is an Alliteration?

• Repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words

• A type of word that sounds like what it describes

• When an object represents something other than its original meaning

• Words or phrases that contradict each other

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a Personification?

• Use of vivid words to describe a setting/situation of the story

• Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement

• A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"​

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a simile?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Use of vivid words to describe a setting/situation of the story

• Words or phrases that contradict each other

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a Pun?

• Play on words; phrase to convey a different meaning

• Words or phrases that contradict each other

• A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is an Onomatopoeia?

• Play on words; phrase to convey a different meaning

• Repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words

• Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement

• A type of word that sounds like what it describes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a Metaphor?

• Play on words; phrase to convey a different meaning

• When an object represents something other than its original meaning.

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a Hyperbole?

• Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is Symbolism?

• Words or phrases that contradict each other

• Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement

• When an object represents something other than its original meaning

• Play on words; phrase to convey a different meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D