Figurative Language

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personificati

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Personification
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

It's raining cats and dogs outside. 

• Oxymoron
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

My mom told me to zip my lips. 

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4