Figurative Language

My teacher is a dragon.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The news that classes were cancelled spread like wildfire.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I'm drowning in homework this week.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Crisp crunchy leaves crackled underfoot as we walked through the autumn forest.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The bacon sizzled loudly in the hot pan, releasing a mouth-watering aroma that filled the entire kitchen.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The engine coughed and sputtered before roaring to life.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I'm feeling under the weather today.

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This class was a total zoo when we had a substitute teacher.

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The detention room was as welcoming as a prison cell.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Don't be a Grinch; come and join the holiday fun!

• allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4