Figurative Language Examples

She is a walking calculator.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

He was terribly nice to me.

• oxymoron

• simile

• personification

• verbal irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The mouse skittered across the floor.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• pun

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The fireworks in the sky went boom! boom! boom!

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The fat cat sat on a mat eating a rat.

• rhyme

• rhythm

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

We knew what was hiding behind the door before the characters did.

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

• verbal irony

• pun

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Don't forget the pickle! It's kind of a big "dill."

• alliteration

• metaphor

• pun

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

I had a box of socks for Terry Cox.

• rhyme

• rhythm

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The bike talked to me and told me to go faster.

• personification

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"It's raining cats and dogs" is both a

• simile and metaphor

• personification and imagery

• hyperbole and idiom

• oxymoron and alliteration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4