Figurative Language Terms

the use of the same beginning consonant sounds in a line or verse

• palindrome

• idiom

• synonym

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a comparison of two things by using the words "like" or "as"

• idiom

• simile

• antonym

• homophones

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison in which one thing is said to be another

• proverb

• pun

• adage

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a word that imitates the sound it represents

• onomatopoeia

• antonym

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an exaggerated statement

• proverb

• cliche

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human qualities to animals or objects

• antonym

• palindrome

• assonance

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

different words that have the same meaning

• antonym

• homophones

• synonym

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

words that have the opposite meanings

• palindrome

• synonym

• antonym

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

words that sound the same but are spelled differently

• homophones

• adage

• pun

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

an expression that doesn't exactly mean what the word says

• idiom

• alliteration

• adage

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B