Figurative Language

Dawn is like a seed
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of: 

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The river spills over rocks and whispers to me-
Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-
and rushes on to anywhere.
This is an example of: 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The snow is a white blanket.
This is an example of: 

• personification 
• metaphor 
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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 pencil danced across the paper

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• symbol

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I told you one million times to clean your room

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I had to hurry home to help cook ham for dinner

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D