Figurative Language Definitions

a figure of speech that has a meaning other than the literal meaning used to make writing more interesting; opposite of "literal language"

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• figurative language

• literally

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

language comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as
example: "Her skin was silk."

• metaphor

• personification

• oxymoron

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a phrase that means something very different from the literal meaning
example: "up the creek without a paddle" means being in the middle of a problem or tough situation

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
example: "The thump, boom, bang of my sister hitting tennis balls against our garage door was very irritating."

• assonance

• onomatopoeia
  onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is figurative language?

• Language that uses words or expressions that are different from what is actually meant.

• Language that makes reading more interesting.

• Language that makes writing more interesting.

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.L.3.5A

Figurative language (4)

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

language comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
example: "Her smile shines like the sun."

• metaphor

• assonance

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

language of extreme exaggeration, usually humorous as in a "Tall Tale"
example: "The ice cream cone was a mile high."

• oxymoron

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

figurative language that gives human qualities to something that is NOT human
"The wind whipped me and shoved me to the ground."

• simile

• personification

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the repetition of vowel sounds in words or syllables
example: "Fleet feet sweep near sleeping geese."

• assonance

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4