Figurative Language

extreme exaggeration that is not intended to be believed

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are near each other usually in a poem

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a comparison of two unlike things that states that one thing is the other thing

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

giving an inanimate object characteristics of a human

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• hyperbole

• assonance

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a word created to mimic a sound

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Life is a highway; I'm going to ride it all night long!"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Boom Boom Pow

• Idiom

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?"

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A