Figurative Language - Definitions

a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• juxtaposition

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest

• literal language

• idiom

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

means exactly what it says

• literal language

• figurative language

• irony

• metaphor

uses words or phrases that do not have everyday, literal meanings

• literal language

• figurative language

• assonance

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

describes using 5 senses; helps you see it in your mind

• juxtaposition

• simile

• idiom

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3D

an indirect reference to something, meant to call it to mind without mentioning it by name

• juxtaposition

• allusion

• idiom

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

the repetition of the same vowel sounds inside of words that are close together

• literal language

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• assonance