Figurative Language

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

• Pun

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Let me give you a hand.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.

• Simile

• Colloquialism

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

You're nuts.

• Colloquialism

• Euphemism

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Your enemy's friend is your enemy.

• Metaphor

• Paradox

• Idiom

• Understatement

Check out my new wheels.

• Metonymy

• Alliteration

• Antithesis

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

I have a million things to do today.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Metonymy

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

His grandmother passed away.

• Euphemism

• Irony

• Metonymy

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.

• Paradox

• Litotes

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A