Figurative Language 2

Break a leg.

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

This lamp weighs a ton!

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Spring dresses the trees in new colorful clothes.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The ballet dancer was as graceful as a swan.

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Janet's legs turned to marshmallows as she stood before the crowd, preparing to give her speech.

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Claire closed her cluttered clothes closet.

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The car horn beeped loudly.

• onomatopeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I am so tired I could sleep for ten years.

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Ken's smile was like a ray of sunshine.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The ball is in your court.

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B