Figurative Language

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a roller coaster ride.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Has words that represent a sound.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The siblings fought like cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A