Figurative Language

Her bed felt like an iceberg in the winter.

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The lion was shaking when he saw the mouse.

• Allusion

• Irony

• Juxtaposition

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Without music, my mind is a battlefield.

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The wind cried "Mary"!

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She was looking at her phone when she heard a loud crash.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

HIs hair looked like a rats nest after he woke up.

• Personification

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Jerry's speech brought on a a feeling of equality like MLK in D.C.

• SImile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

She should see stars shine.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Pun

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My Cadillac was completely crushed in a car crash.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Konnor was thirsty enough to drink a river dry.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Diction

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A