"The Great Fire" Figurative Language

The fire is "a surging ocean of flame."

• metaphor 
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I felt as a leaf.."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"like a storm."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"...as strong as a hurricane."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The fire was "gobbling up building after building."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"It was a mountain over our heads."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The fire burned "like a box of matches."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The fire had leaped forward..."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The fire was "stalking another victim."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The buildings stood tall and proud."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A