Figurative Language

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

• analogy

• alliteration

• simle

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

details that appeal to the senses by using desciption

• analogy

• tone

• irony

• imagery

repeating the same vowel sound in a line or a sentence

• alliteration

• assonance

• idiom

• simile

when non-human "things" are given qualities or characteristic of a human

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

using a phrase that has a different meaning than what is actually being said

• irony

• analogy

• assonance

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a reference to a person, place, idea, or thing of historical significance

• allusion

• metaphor

• pun

• tone

how the writer/speaker feels about the topic. The feeling you get when you read a story or poem

• metaphor

• tone

• irony

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

when the opposite of what you think should happen and what actually is happening

• idiom

• personification

• irony

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a comparison of two things that are different using the words "like" or "as"

• assonance

• analogy

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a play on words-showing a different possible meaning of a word

• pun

• hyperbole

• tone

• imagery