Figurative Language

Front

A figure of speech comparing dissimilar objects or concepts using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

A figure of speech comparing two dissimilar things without 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

A figure of speech where an idea or thing is given human traits or feelings.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

A boldly overstated claim that emphasizes without being literally true.

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

A figure of speech that makes a situation seem less important.

Back

Understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Front

A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or literary work familiar to the reader.

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Front

Use of language to evoke sensory experience or create a picture with words.

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

A word that imitates natural sounds

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

A widely used expression with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

Back

Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4