Figurative Language Identification

He is as strong as an ox.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Mr. Evans is as blind as a bat

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Life is a rollercoaster.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The snow is a white blanket.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It's raining cats and dogs outside!

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The new car is going to cost her family an arm and a leg!

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I walked a million miles to get here!"

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

That person is so large, they are taller than a house.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The cat danced around the toy before pouncing on it.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I tried to do my homework, but my computer died on me.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A