Figurative language

Front

Time flies by!

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

As hungry as a bear!

Back

simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

Back

personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Wind whistled through trees during the storm.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

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

"The city was a jungle" is an example of:

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Comparison in the simile: dropped package skidding and an Olympic bobsled.

Back

Movement of the dropped package and a bobsled

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Comparison of 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Extreme exaggeration for effect

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

Sally is the sun in my life

Back

Sally is important to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D