Figurative Language

I am so tired I could sleep for a year. 

• personification 
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile

The branches bowed to that ground.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

Clap your hands a little louder.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Eek! I saw a mouse.

• personification 
• onomatopoeia
• simile 
• idiom

Dewdrops dwell delicately.

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor

It is as hot as the Sahara Desert. 

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor 
• personification 

He is as quiet as a mouse. 

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He is the apple of my eye. 

• personification 
• idiom
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

The moon winks at me every night.

• personification 
• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom 

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse right now. 

• hyperbole
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A