Figurative Language 1

My words are little jars for you to put upon a shelf.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

He would write, but his hours are as busy as bees in the sun.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The jet-black night stared in the window and crawled into the corners of the room.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I have loved reading for a million years.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliterationi

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The poet's words fell like dew drops on the grass.

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My heart was filled with joy and dances with the

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She is as graceful as a swan.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her voice was music to my ears.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The classroom was a zoo!

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The leaves danced in the wind like tiny ballerinas.

• simile and personification

• simile and metaphor

• metaphor and personification

• personification and onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D