Front

Shelia walked home, the wind gripped her in its frigid fingertips.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

You glow in my heart like the flames of uncounted candles.

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

A year has gone as the tortoise goes, heavy and slow.

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Christmas will never come.

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Engine hacked and coughed as Kevin turned the key; the old car wouldn’t start.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

My heart is a nest that had song-birds in it.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Everyone knows that.

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Purple jars of night spill.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Dante resisted his diet, but the donut shop called to him at night.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

The ship of my soul is rolling to port at last.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D