Figurative Language Review

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that doesn't really mean what it says

• figurative language

• theme

• story elements

• parts of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A comparison between two things, usually with the words like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Repeating identical or similar sounds at the end of words.

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to an animal, object or idea

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Descriptive writing that appeals to the senses

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of words that actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An exaggerated statement

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A phrase that doesn't really mean what it says

• imagery

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D