Figurative Language

The leaves danced in the wind

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

The cat was a brown as chocolate.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Her head hit the dresser with a whack as she tried to stand up.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.RL.1.4

My dad is a rock when his mind is made up.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

She was so scared she had butterflies in her stomach.

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

The tired bus spit out the students.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.RL.1.4

I ate so much pizza I could've exploded.

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Sam saw seven silly salamanders sporting sombreros.

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

My mom is a cream puff.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

I run as fast as the wind.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification