Identify Figures of Speech #2

A simile is...

• Comparison using "like" or "as".

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Exaggeration

• Repetition of the consonant sound at the beginning of words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A hyperbole is...

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Opposite of literal meaning

• Exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to objects

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Onomatopoeia is a...

• Word that sounds like its meaning

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A metaphor is a...

• Comparison using "like" or "as"

• Exaggeration

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Opposite of literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Allusion is...

• Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words

• Opposite of literal meaning

• Reference to a famous person, place, literary work

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Imagery is...

• Words that sound like their meaning

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Words that appeal to the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Alliteration is...

• Exaggeration

• comparisons using "like" or "as"

• Repetition of sound

• Giving human qualities to objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Personification is...

• Exaggeration

• Comparisons using "like" or "as"

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Using on object to represent another

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Irony is...

• Repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of words

• Exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Opposite of literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Symbolism is...

• Opposite of literal meaning

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Using one object to represent another

• Reference to a famous work, event, or person.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5