Identifying Figurative Language

I'm sly as a fox

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her personality bloomed like a butterfly.

• Idiom

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was an angry bear getting out of bed at 3 AM.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I had so much homework, my backpack weighted a ton.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This haircut is my worst nightmare.

• Imagery
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The shadow creeped around a corner to an alley.

• Personification
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The shining, green bowling ball clunked down the lane like a hurricane.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In 2018, 10 sandwich shops opened in Huntley. It seemed like they were a dime a dozen.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I am so tired I could sleep all day.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her blue eyes were clear and bright like a beautiful summer sky.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D