Sarah Plain and Tall Figurative Language

He asked for the 100th time this year!

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

The log broke and crackled.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

The prairie reached out and touched the sky.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.4

She snored in a high whistle, like a tea kettle.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

The sky grew darker and the stars blinked like fireflies.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

The insects were buzzing in the night.

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

The cows moved like turtles.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

We put on a hundred sweaters.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

The barn was eerie like dusk without a lantern.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

The sea is salt, said Sarah.

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A