Figurative Language

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personificati

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Personification
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

It's raining cats and dogs outside. 

• Oxymoron
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

My mom told me to zip my lips. 

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3