Figurative Language

Front

Her face was like a light.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The hours crawled by like years.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

He lay in blood on the highway, with lace at his throat.

Back

Sensory Image

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

"Her musket shattered the moonlight, shattered her chest in the moonlight and warned him - with her death."

Back

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha

Back

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

As hungry as a bear!

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Time flies by!

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

The sad student sat silently in the room.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

BAM! The door shut behind me.

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5