Figurative Language (Similes, Metaphors, & Personification)

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

I am so thirsty that my throat is as dry as the Sahara desert.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The moon glowed brightly, like a disco ball hanging in the night sky. This means the moon

• is bright

• is a nightime worker

• is a person

He is as funny as a troop of monkeys.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Time marches on and on, stopping for no one.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

The stormy ocean was a raging bull.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Your explanation is as clear as mud.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The stairs groaned and cried out in protest as we walked on them.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification