Figurative Language

The boy writes as slow as molasses.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• proverb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When Ms. Dempster is not in the class the children act like they are in a three-ring circus.

• personification

• proverb or adage

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Chrystal is a kind girl. She has a heart of gold.

• proverb or adage

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I could answer all the questions of my reading test. The test was a piece of cake.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• proverb or adage

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Who let the cat out of the bag by telling the other students that we were having a party?

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• proverb or adage

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The wind howled in the night.

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• proverb or adage

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Every morning my alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed.

• metaphor

• proverb or adage

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Mary's voice is music to my ears.

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• proverb or adage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

He is a walking encyclopedia.

• metaphor

• proverb or adage

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My mom told me that two wrongs don't make a right when I was fussing with my little sister.

• idiom

• proverb or adage

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B