Figurative Language Definitions

A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" 

• hyperbole 
• metaphor 
• alliteration 
• simile 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison.  It often uses "is" in the comparison.

• metaphor 
• simile 
• onomatopoeia
• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.  

• rhyme 
• alliteration 
• assonance 
• simile 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal 

• onomatopoeia 
• sensory detail
• hyperbole 
• personification 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing. 

• alliteration 
• simile 
• hyperbole 
• onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_________ uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste

• simile

• tone

• imagery

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An overstatement or exaggeration. It is used to show emphasis and can often be found within a simile or metaphor  

• tone 
• hyperbole 
• alliteration 
• rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The authors attitude toward the subject of the text.

• tone 
• metaphor 
• simile 
• theme 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the following statement an example of?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D