Figurative Language

He was so strong, he could chop the tree down with one swing of his axe.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Boom!" The thunder echoed through the sky.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

After a long day of hiking, he slept like a log.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The warm sun peeked out from behind the grey clouds.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms.

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She was as happy as a clam when she won the contest.

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He was a gazelle running smoothly down the road.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomontopeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The cookies were so delicious, I think I ate a million of them!

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The cereal popped and cracked in my bowl.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Many moons passed before march arrived

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4