Figurative Language

Mrs. Marsh marched to the mall.

• 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

My brothers are as loud as a marching band.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I felt like I walked a million miles at Disney World.

• Understatement
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Hold your horses, I'm on my way!

• Idiom

• Personification

• Literal statement

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

BOOM! The rocket launched into the sky.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The sun smiled on me as I played kickball.

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Meow!

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Green grass grew on the ground.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her hair was silk.

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

There's something fishy going on here.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B