Voc. Figurative Language

repeating the initial, or beginning sounds of words near each other

• irony

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

when something is really the opposite of wha is said or written

• idiom

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

compares 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• personification

• imagery

• simile

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

compares 2 unlike things NOT using "like" or "as" to describe something in common

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a BIG obvious exaggeration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• irony

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a well known phrase, or saying that has a different meaning from what is said or written

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

gives an object or thing human qualities

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a "sound" word that imitates a thing or action by the sound it makes

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

language used to help the reader use their 5 senses to create an image or picture in their mind

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

when something represents, or stands for something else

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5