Halloween Figurative Language

She was scared to death as she toured the haunted house.

• Metaphor
• Imagery
• onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The scary spook soared slightly towards the storm.

• Personification
• Alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We could hear the screams a million miles away.

• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Bang!  The vampire slammed the door shut.

• Imagery
• Simile
• Allieration
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Halloween night was one long scary roller coaster.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind whistled as the children trick or treated.

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The candy tasted like heaven in my mouth.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The narrow, spooky hallway led to my impending doom at the principal's office.

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Imagery
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Dad let the cat out of the bag when he told us that Grandpa was a werewolf.

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The sidewalks grabbed my ankles as I tried to escape the monster.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A