Figurative Language

" I am dying to see you again!" Grandma said to me on the phone.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Walter whispered to Whitney on Wednesday.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Have you gargled with mouthwash yet?" Mom asked.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I want you to get that chip off of your shoulder right now!" the coach yelled.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Emily was working against the clock to finish the test before the screen went black.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When she was supposed to recite her first line of the play, she was a statue.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He is as slow as molasses when it comes to getting ready for school in the morning.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Mr. Henson was absent all last week because he had a severe case of the flu. His classroom was a circus while he was gone.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The wind whispered its greeting as Jenna set off on her morning walk with Spot.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The clucking chickens awaken me every morning when I stay at my grandparents' house.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4