Figurative Language

That computer is a dinosaur!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

You better hit the books before your big exam tomorrow.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

That test was as easy as taking candy candy from a baby.

• Simile

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My sister stuffed a stupid snake in her bag

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Caroline was as cool as a cucumber during her contest.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The desserts were calling my name from the kitchen.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The snake hissed as the trainer put it back in its tank.

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The flowers begged for water during the drought.

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5