Figurative Language and Vocabulary Review

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Comparing two unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human characteristics to something not human

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving meaning to something (Flag=Freedom)

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• anthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Creating a picture in your mind by using detail

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Using same beginning sound letters in a sentence

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• anthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• anthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

an expression with no specific meaning derived from the exact wording (up in the air, raining cats and dogs) usually simple and striking

• idiom

• epiphany

• onomotopeia

• verbal irony

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

an intuitive grasp of reality through something (Light bulb moment)

• idiom

• epiphany

• Onomatopoeia

• verbal irony

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D