Figurative Language Practice

Her eyes were diamonds; always bright and sparkling!

• Metaphor
• Pun
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I paid an arm and a leg for my designer shoes that I bought this weekend.

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

My coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

For lunch,the cafeteria was serving jumbo shrimp and rice.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

I was very frustrated this morning due to the fact that my computer was running extremely slow.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Irony
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

His feet squished through the mud.

• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Irony
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I had to hurry home because grandma wanted her waffles.

• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I’ve told my student a billion times that they should always write their mailbox number and last name on their papers!

• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

WHAT KIND OF IMAGERY IS THIS APPEALING TO... "The monstrous German Shepherd lurched to its feet. Someone was at the door. As she reached for the handle, the dog burst through the slitted opening and lunged at the man."

• Tough

• Sight

• Smell

• Hearing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5