Figurative Language and Sound Devices

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are near each other usually in a poem

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a word created to mimic a sound

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

extreme exaggeration that is not intended to be believed

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a comparison of two unlike things that states that one thing is the other thing

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the sound device:

Cause baby, now we've got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

Cause baby, now we've got bad blood, hey!

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What sound device is used in this example?

"Bees'll buzz..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the sound device language:

_{Boom! shake-shake-shake the room}

_{Boom! shake-shake-shake the room}

_{Boom! shake-shake-shake the room}

_{Tic-tic-tic-tic Boom!}

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Understate...

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What sound device is used in this song?

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What sound device is being used?

"I can show you the world

shining, shimmering, splendid..."

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• HYPERBOLE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5