Figurative language

Front

Comparison using like or as

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Repetition of beginning sounds

Back

Alliteration

Front

Two contradictory terms together

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Showing opposites

Back

Contrast

Front

Reference to a story or symbol in the Bible

Back

Biblical Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

Repetition of parts of phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same pattern

Back

Parallel Structure

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Front

Words imitate sounds

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis

Back

Repetition

Front

Opposite of expected; a twist or paradox

Back

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Police station robbed.

Back

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4