Figurative Language

The repetition of words with the same beginning sound

• alliteration

• rhyme

• stanza

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

two or more words that have the same ending sound

• rhyme

• stanza

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together

• stanza

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

a figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a figure of speech comparing two things by stating that one thing is another thing

• metaphor

• simile

• repetition

• hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as

• simile

• repetition

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

using the same word or phrase over and over again

• repetition

• hyberbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

to make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration

• hyberbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes; helps create a mental picture in your mind as you read

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4