Figurative Language Definitions

The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words

• alliteration

• idiom

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An expression that is related to something well known in literature or history

• oxymoron

• allusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Exaggeration used to emphasize a point or add excitement and humor to a story

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An expression that means something different from what it says.  The meaning of words is understood by a particular group of people (culture)

• personification

• idiom

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Very descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses

• oxymoron

• imagery

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison that does not use connecting words and suggests a likeness between two things

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A word whose sound suggests or imitates its meaning

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A phrase made of two or more words that are actually opposites

• alliteration

• imagery

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human

• simile

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison between two things that do not seem to be alike, using connecting words such as like, as, or seems

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D