Figurative Language Practice

When the stars threw down their spears, the heavens watered their tears

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The moon was a ghostly pirate ship tossed upon cloudy seas

• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Your voice feels like nails on a chalkboard

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The old clock in the parlor grieves as midnight approaches

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Their sad waters, sad and chilly

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

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

She was on top of the world when she got the lead in the play.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The boys dove on the ball like angry dogs snariling for a bone.

• metaphor
• idiom
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

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.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4