Figurative Language Terms

Comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as"Example: They fought like cats and dogs!

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification

• idiom

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Comparing two unlike things NOT using words such as "like" or "as"Example: How could she marry that snake?

• simile

• imagery

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

imitates a sound

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Descriptive language that create a picture in your mind

• imagery

• idiom

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

extreme exaggeration

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Words that have the same beginning consonant SOUND (not always the same letter)

• alliteration

• assonance

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

• alliteration

• idiom

• figurative language

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words (not literal meaning)Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

• imagery

• idiom

• simile

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

• oxymoron

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A