Figurative Language: The Basics

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language in which the words are meant to be understood imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other (not using like or as)

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Outrageous or extreme exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

• pun

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A phrase made up of words containing opposite meanings.

• pun

• idiom

• simile

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"The firework exploded in the air, making a big boom"

is an example of...

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5