Figuartive Language

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran

across the ice.

• personification

• simile

• hypebole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

• Idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The running shoes danced as the runner neared the finish line.

• onomatopoea

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

“Bang!” went the gun as the race started.

• personifcation

• hyperbole

• onomatopoea

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Spotlighting several special sports shows seems significant for TV.

• metaphor

• onomatopoea

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

After the marathon, the runner was thirsty enough to drink the ocean.

• Idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole.

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A