Identifying Figurative Language

Time flies by! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Love gives me wings! 

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

The raindrops danced on the tabletop. 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.6.3