Figurative Language in Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

I paced the room feeling like ants were crawling around inside my shirt.

• personification

• Simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

It's a thousand degrees in here!

• Personification

• Simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The valley marched all the way up to the water.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Snap!

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

I just stood there, frozen in fear.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The bull-man bellowed in rage.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The roof had cracked open like an eggshell.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

There was no horse or eagle on the beach, just lightning making false daylight and twenty-foot waves pounding the dunes like artillery.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

There was a blinding flash, a jaw-rattling boom!, and our car exploded.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3