Figurate Language

a type of language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

• figurate language

• foul language

• connotation

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• rhyme

• alliteration

• connotation

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a figure of speech that is a comparison of two or more things using the words LIKE or AS

• metaphor

• simile

• theme

• petameter

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a figure of speech that compares two or more things that are unalike, but might have some qualities in common

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Figurative language (4)

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human qualities

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

figurative language that uses details to describe the story in a way that engages your five senses

• hyperbole

• personification

• imagery

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words (ex: boom, crash, roar)

• rhyme

• theme

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

You are my sunshine! is an example of what type of figurate language.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figurate language is used in this sentence?
Eyes are the windows to the soul.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4