Figurative Language

comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

giving human like characteristics to an animal, object, or abstract idea

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

extreme exaggeration

• Onomatopoeia

• Similie

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

words that represent sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personificaition

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Acrostic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, or thing of significance.

• Allusion

• Sonnett

• Oxymoron

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison between two things in order to highlight similarities.

• Anaphora

• Similie

• Analogy

• Haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The repetition of vowel sounds.

• Alliteration

• Analogy

• Assonance

• Acrostic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4