Figurative language usage

"The kettle corn sizzled and went pop, pop, pop over the fire."

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Mrs. Hermensky hates hamburgers and hotdogs.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Which of the following is an idiom?

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• My homework took me a million hours to complete.

• My grandfather is a bear in the morning.

• I told the actress to "Break a leg!"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

The Christmas tree was a blue spruce decorated with silver bells, white lights, and a string of buttery popcorn and red, tart cranberries.

• alliteration

• simile

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.3D

His face was as red as a cherry after he fell down!

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Scout Johnson is an angel.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5A

Ms. Juergens' basketballs jumped into the net.

• onmatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

• personification

The drive to Columbus took forever!

• hyperbole

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The whipping wind whispered wildly as we walked to class.

• personification and idiom

• simile and metaphor

• alliteration and personification

• imagery and onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

When the bat and the ball made contact there was a loud CRACK.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor