Fish in a Tree Figurative Language

I need attention like a fish needs a snorkel.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Reading for me is like dumping a can of alphabet soup on a plate.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The letters on the page squiggle and dance.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Three words that hold sadness like a tree holds leaves.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her voice reminds me of a pin hidden in a candy bar.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

We're like oil and water, school and me.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

If trying to read helped, I'd be a genius!

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Asking me to read them would be like asking a lobster to play tennis.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Every word is another shovel full of dirt from the hole I've dug.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Sometimes I think Jessica would follow Shay out of an airplane without a parachute.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3