April Figurative Language

The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Baby, you are my sunshine.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

April is the cruelest month of the year.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It costs an arm and a leg.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The afternoon is so bright that the sun would have to wear sunglasses.

• Hyperbole

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

1. New wheels—refers to a new car.

2. Ask for her hand—refers to asking a woman to marry.

• Alliteration

• Synecdoche

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The truck engine roared as it climbed the hill.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4