Figurative Language

Sally skated down the hill and skinned her knees.

• 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

"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get"

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"You were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter and my daddy said, 'stay away from Juliet'"

• Idiom

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It's raining cats and dogs today.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Galloping through the street, the horse raced the dog.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

She swam like a fish during the meet.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He was a beast as he chopped down the tree.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I grabbed my backpack off the floor; it was heavier than an elephant.

• Personificaiton

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The boy was like Tarzan flying on the jungle gym.

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Taylor taunted the turtle through the trees.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4