The Losers Club Figurative Language

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"One day Justice will come
and find you
And I'll be right there in your
memory to remind you"

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

"But you put on quite a show

Really had me goin'

But now it's time to go

Curtain's finally closin'

That was quite a show

Very entertainin'

But it's over now

Go on and take a bow"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The last time we talked
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
in the back of my mind"

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

"...he's candy-coated
misery, he's a devil in disguise, 
a snake with blue eyes"

• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"We've got to make smoke up there--or die."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He turned over, holding his nose, and a golden light danced and shattered just over his face.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The whole world was staring at me.

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A