Figurative Language

The alligator's teeth are white daggers is a:

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snow danced around in the wind.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The cupcake was a cavity waiting to invade my mouth.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

After playing football on the cold, January day, his fingers were icicles.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My class is a circus!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My keys grew legs and ran away!

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A