Figurative Languages and Nuances

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personificati

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Personification
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It's raining cats and dogs outside. 

• Oxymoron
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My mom told me to zip my lips. 

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A