Figurative Language/Poetry

"She's as cold as ice."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• allieration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The car groaned in the cold, dark morning as he turned the ignition.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a highway, I want to ride it all night long.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

My mother always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." (2 answers)

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

"The bee's knees" (2 answers)

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The frightened children huddled in the cellar as the storm screamed like a banshee. (2 answers)

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The writer sat in frustration as he stared at the blank page, claiming his muse has left him.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"All is the world is a stage and we are the actors."

• assonance

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her CVS receipt was so long that it looked as if she could use it as a scarf around her neck. (2 answers).

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The fan in my computer began to hum, then it began to scream--refusing to be quiet. (2 answers).

• personification

• assonance

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A