Figurative Language Definition Review

a comparison of two unlike things

using the words like or as

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a comparison of two unlike things

by saying that one thing is a

dissimilar object or thing

• simile
• analogy
• metaphor
• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an exaggeration that cannot

possibly be true

• hyperbole
• irony
• metaphor
• understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human qualities to

nonhuman things

• personification
• dehumanization
• objectification
• animalization

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

words whose sounds suggest their

meaning

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of

words

• rhyme
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the repetition of the same ending sound in a series of

words

• rhubarb
• rhythm
• reason
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a group of words whose collective

meaning is quite different from

their individual, literal meaning

• allusion

• simile
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a reference to a well-known person, place, or

event from history, literature, sports, popular culture, etc.

• Idiom

• Delusion
• Illusion
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4