Figurative Language Hutch

He fought like a lion on the battlefield.

• 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

Time is money.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The flowers danced in the breeze.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

My backpack weighs a ton!

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The thunder rumbled in the distance.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The seven swans sat down so they could eat.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A traffic cop gets a speeding ticket.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Allusion

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

That man is a Goliath!

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4