Literary Techniques Examples

It's raining cats and dogs outside

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My foot hurts

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Does a cat have your tongue?

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My stomach hurts.

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

He was a busy as a bee.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The night was as black as coal.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

He's a night owl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The cup of hot tea was the best medicine for my cold.

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I died laughing.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

You could have knocked me over with a feather!

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

• Assonance

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A