Figurative Language Definitions and Examples

Definition: A comparison between two things USING "like" or "as"

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Definition: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Cannot possibly be true most times

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Definition: When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition: A comparison between two things

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition: When human qualities are given to non-human things

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Definition: A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Definition: Word combinations/ phrases that have a different meaning than the literal meaning of each word

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Write a sentence using an Onomatopoeia AND a Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Give an example of an Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Write an ORIGINAL sentence using alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4