figure of speech

Lightning danced across the sky.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind howled in the night.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I waited for a lifetime to meet her.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The snow is a white blanket.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Her children are her shining stars.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The car complained as the key roughly turned in its ignition.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The robber entered the house as quiet as a mouse.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I have a million things to do today.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her eyes were ice cold as she stared at us.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

She needs her eyeglasses because she is as blind as a bat.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4