Poetic Types in the Crossover

The abandoned school house sadly remembered the laughter of children.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I'm so nervous that I think I'm going to have a heart attack.

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

I've been thinking about this speech nonstop for over a month.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My younger brother is as slow as a sloth in the morning.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I finally found the photograph.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Lexi's feelings are as delicate as a butterfly's wings.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The triplets tried to trick their teachers.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Wes wanted to win in the worst way.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Brooke is a ray of sunshine in my life.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Billy is a machine in the weight room.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D