Figurative Language Practice

My little sister is a monster when she hasn’t had a nap.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He's really on the ball!

• Simile 
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I was as sick as a dog on the day of the test.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The tropical storm slept for two days.

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Silently, softly, the swan swam on the lake.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box.

• alliteration
• onomatopeoia
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Teddy tiger tried tying teepees together. What type of figurative language is this sentence?

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

 I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• idiom
• alliteration
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• alliteration
• onomatopeoia
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The tree shook its branches angrily. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

• simile
• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopeoia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A