Why Authors Use Figurative Language

An expression that means something more than the literal definition.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical cultural, literacy of political significance.

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An indirect comparison using "like" or "as"

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words that resemble the sound the represent

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Idioms

• Hyperboles

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A direct comparisson not using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When the beginning consonant sound repeats

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this sentence: After watching the vintage movie, My Girl, Magohony's tears looked like a river flowing down her cheeks.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Most monsters don’t mind making messes."

This is a(n)...

• Imagery

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"That phone costs an arm and a leg."
This is a(n)...

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B