Figurative Language

Her mood was so dark it blocked out the sun.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Krista sighed, "I'm drowning in an ocean of worksheets. I'll never get this done."

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Sonya said sarcastically, "Your instructions are as clear as mud."

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Society frowns on those who are non-conformists.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Thank you for your contribution. Every penny is a raindrop that makes up an ocean.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The river jumped over the mountain and snuck into the valley.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Susan sat alone and sang sad songs.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Omar was as white as a sheet when he stepped off the roller coaster.

• Personification

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'm afraid to tell Dad that I dented the car. He's likely to blow his top when he hears the news.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The cat meowed at the door until someone let him out.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4