Simile, Metaphor, Irony, Hyperbole, Allusion, Personification

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun smiled after the rain stopped.

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• 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

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I heard the ping of the pickle ball during the volley.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4