Figurative Language

She is as sweet as pie!

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.

• idiom
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Life is a journey.

• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The rain wept down the window during the storm.

• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor
• euphemism

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Assonance

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

• A hyperbole/personification
• A metaphor/personification
• A simile/metaphor
• Personification/Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Gaslights bloomed on the new streets
like flowers, and lit with a "Pop!" at night.
This has examples of: 

• simile and onomatopoeia
• metaphor and simile
• personification and simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

• The lightning was at a dance party.

• The lightning was bad at dancing.

• There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

• There was no lightning in the sky.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4