Similes, Metaphors and Hyperboles

My dad knows everything about cars.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The ice sculptor’s hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The shingles on the shack shook in the storm winds like scared children.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Nobody can beat level six.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She hung her head like a dying flower.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My words are chains of lead.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Tanya never stops talking.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A