Figurative Language Review

Words are daggers when spoken in anger.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He sat as still as a mouse.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Our scientists are breaking new ground in robotics and cancer research.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

Bed, Bath, and Beyond

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Idiom

The bacon sizzled and popped on the stove.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

My dad will kill me when he comes home.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation of the first bite.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

they have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,"

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

She couldn't sleep. So, she got out of bed, trailed through the delicate slips of moonlight twinkling in the frost-covered glass, and turned on the kettle.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4