Figurative Language Vocabulary

An exaggeration or overstatement

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Mood

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its meaning

• Quatrain

• Onomatopoeia

• Stanza

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

the repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or emphasize an idea

• assonance

• couplet

• repetition

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

language used in a special way to create a special effect

• Iorny

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Rhymes organized into patterns

• imagery

• stanza

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Two-lined stanza

• Quatrain

• Free verse

• couplet

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Writers Attitude

• Personification

• Mood

• Alliteration

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

words arranged to form pictures in ones mind

• imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Figurative Language

• Personafication

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

• Stanza

• rhyme sheme

• free verse

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Compares two different things without using a word of comparison such as "like or "as"

• simile

• Metaphor

• personification

• Free verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D