Figurative Language

This is a secret so don't let the cat out of the bag.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The sun is like a friend that shines down on us.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Tom heard the watch crunch under his boot and gasped in horror.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This house makes the White House look like a cottage

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Suddenly all of the power went out. "Houston, we have a problem," my dad exclaimed.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The menu featured jumbo shrimp the size of a whale.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The tired old chair finally collapsed, throwing me to the floor.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Singing softly to himself, Sam sauntered into class ten minutes late.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She's so tall she bumps her head on the clouds.

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Gym class was so exciting, it might have been produced by Ringling Brothers Circus.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4