SC Ready Figurative Language Review

Matt was as sick as a dog.

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

It's raining cats and dogs.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Gemma was working against the clock to finish the test before the timer went off.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I love the sound of raindrops dancing on the roof.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The bees were BUZZING in the garden

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Paula planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

His smile was a mile wide.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My brother is a pig. He ate a whole pie.

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Pull yourself together.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The police officer was as brave as a lion when she tackled the shoplifter.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4