Figurative Language Practice

The wind howled like a pack of wolves in the night.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She was as quiet as a mouse.

• Irony

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The classroom was a zoo, with the students behaving like wild animals.

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a rollercoaster, full of twists and turns.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun smiled down on the earth, warming everything.

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The flowers danced in the breeze.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The fire station burned down while the firefighters were out on a fire drill.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

His love for sweets was his Achilles' heel, always leading him into temptation.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The broken mirror reflected her shattered dreams and hopes.

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A