Types of Figurative Language

Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

This is a reference to a famous work of literature.  It is something that is in most cases widely known by all people.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Pun

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A form of language that is spoken in a certain place or by a certain group of people.

• Dialect

• Idiom

• Pun

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

This refers to a statement in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.

• Pun

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

This is language that appeals to the senses and draws an image, or a vivid picture of a scene or experience, in the reader’s mind.

• Pun

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

A figure of speech which compares two unlike things by implying that one thing IS something else.

• Idiom

• Dialect

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The use of words that mimic sounds.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.

• Simile

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

This is a “play on words.” These involve words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings, and they are intended to be humorous.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

• Simile

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4