Figurative Language/Poetry

A word that means exactly or nearly the same as another

• Alliteration

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Simile

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

Giving human qualities to non-living things.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

Words whose sound suggest its meaning.

• Onomatopoeia

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

A word opposite in meaning to another

• Alliteration

• Antonym

• Simile

• Metaphor

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Antonym

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Synonym

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9C

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

A comparison of two unlike things that implies one thing is similar to another.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

An extravagant exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10G

TEKS.ELA.5.10G

TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

A comparison of two unlike items using the words like and as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Synonym

• Idiom

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

A phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.LG.2I

Using very descriptive language so that the words paint pictures in the reader's mind.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.E4.2B

TEKS.ELA.OI.4G

TEKS.ELA.PSW.5G