Figurative Language

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The dolphins danced and played in the waves.

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

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

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

The sun smiled after the rain stopped.

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

The city was a jungle.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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