Figurative Language and Sound Devices

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

The raindrops danced on the tabletop. 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Giving human characteristics to things that aren't human.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3