Figurative Language

This figurative language compares two things using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

When you compare two things w/o using like or as, basically saying they are the same thing, you use this kind of figurative language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This type of figurative language occurs when you exaggerate a great deal (e. g. "I am starving" instead of "I'm feeling a little hungry")

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This sound device shows emphasis by saying the same word(s) or phrase(s) multiple times

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg). These can be super difficult for people learning English!

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This type of figurative language just refers to the use of sensory details to describe something vividly

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This type of figurative language occurs when you refer to something outside of the text (like if you reference a mythical creature in your short story)

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled...

• A simile

• Imagery

• Allusion

• A metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" is an example of...

• A simile

• A metaphor

• An allusion

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D