Figurative Language Vocabulary & Examples

a comparison of two unlike things, often introduced by like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

representing a thing or idea as a person

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• imagery

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses

• imagery

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole

• imagery

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the forming of a word (as “buzz” or “hiss”) in imitation of a natural sound

• imagery

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Identify the simile in this sentence: "The night was as black as coal."

• The night

• as black as coal

• was

• coal

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The imagery means that stars are expensive.

• The imagery means that stars are not out tonight.

• The imagery means that stars were bright and sparkling.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5