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Figurative Language Notes
ELACC7RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Type
metaphor
simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
oxymoron
Definition
Example
Name____________________________________________Date________________________
Figurative Language Notes
ELACC7RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Type
Definition
Example
Comparing two nouns that are not alike
(it doesn’t use like or as)
He is a sly fox.
Using the words “like” or “as” to compare two
nouns that are not alike
As sick as a dog
The repetition of the same sound at the
beginning of words in a line of poetry or in a
sentence
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
When a word sounds like the sound it is
describing
bang
Describing human qualities in something that is
not a person
My computer died.
An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken
seriously
We had to wait forever.
Contradictory terms appear side by side
Great Depression
Sweet tart
Crash landing
metaphor
simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
oxymoron