Figurative Language

A comparison that uses like or as. It points out how two unlike things have something in common.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A saying that is not meant to be taken literally; it's meaning is recognized in that culture

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken as truth.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of several words near each other

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison that says one this in another unlike thing. It does NOT use like or as.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving an object, animal, or idea human qualities

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Use of words that imitate sounds

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Combines two opposite ideas for effect

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The use of language that appeals to the senses

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Rhyme

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When the accented vowel sounds and all sounds following are repeated

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4