Figurative Language Practice 2

My little sister is a monster when she hasn’t had a nap.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He's really on the ball!

• Simile 
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I was as sick as a dog on the day of the test.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She was on top of the world when she got the lead in the play.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The tropical storm slept for two days.

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Silently, softly, the swan swam on the lake.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box.

• alliteration
• onomatopeoia
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The boys dove on the ball like angry dogs snariling for a bone.

• metaphor
• idiom
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A