Figurative Language and Literary Devices

This is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

This is a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This is a form of figurative language that uses exaggeration for effect.

• Hyperbole

• Analogy

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

This is the use of words that imitate sounds.

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This is an expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region and cannot be interpreted literally.

• Paradox

• Analogy

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

This is a joke based on the interplay of homophones - words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

This is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unlike.

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is a literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.

• Analogy

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4