Figures of Speech

She is a shining star.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He floated like a boat in the water.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The leaves danced in the wind.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Their house was dirtier than a pig's pen.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It was raining cats and dogs outside.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Tom was a tornado moving through the classroom.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The doorbell rang when the mailman arrived.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The picture says a lot about the man.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Go break a leg on stage!

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B