The Skin I'm In- Figurative Language Chapters 1-6

"Said he liked my eyes and sweet cocoa brown skin." 

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

"...I had hair so nappy I needed a rake to comb it."

• Simile
• Hyperbole 
• Onomatopoeia
• Idiom 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"But even those hundred-dollar pants suits she brought in for me to wear can't make up for the hurt I feel when she slaps me with them mean words of hers."

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Personification 
• Metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Comparing to unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom
• Simile 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I run to Miss Saunders's class like somebody set my shoes on fire." 

• Simile
• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

An exaggeration 

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Idiom 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"My face says I'm smart. Sassy. Sexy. Self-confident." 

• Hyperbole 
• Simile
• Idiom
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...Desda Darling's Delicious Double-Dutch Chocolate Chip Cake." 

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"...Baboom, boom, boom..."

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3