Figurative Language

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fluffy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snow danced around in the wind.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• breezy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fuzzy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

• simile
• metaphor
• personfication
• smelly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The Cowboys quarterback can't come back this season. 

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The city was a jungle"
 This is an example of ...... 

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

This is an example of ...... 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5