Figurative Language Terms

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

smilie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Giving human traits to nonliving things

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Words whose sound suggests meaning

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Extreme exaggeration

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A phrase with a literal meaning different from its implied meaning.

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4