Figurative language Practice I

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

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The moon was a ghostly pirate ship tossed upon cloudy seas

• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Your voice feels like nails on a chalkboard

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The jet black night stares through the window pane

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The daisies open-mouthed stared at the sun

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The tropical storm slept for two days.

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box.

• alliteration
• onomatopeoia
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• metaphor
• idiom
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D