Figurative Language

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

 

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

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Definition:  

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• imagery

• irony

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Definition:  

when an author uses words or phrases in ways that may not be literal and makes the text interesting

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

• Irony

• Hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Definition: describes using 5 senses; helps you see a picture in your mind

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Repetition

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

• assonance

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

• assonance

• alliteration

• irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Definition: words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"

• irony

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4