Fig Lang Definitions

It was an open secret.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The plate danced happily across the table.

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It was as hard as a rock.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The dishes clanged and clattered in the dishwasher.

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Nobody understands how I feel!

• hyperbole

• allusion

• oxymoron

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The tree groaned in the wind.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Get off my back!

• simile

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Hagrid's steps were like thunder as he ran through the forest.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My stomach growled loudly and told me it was time to eat.

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

He is a beast on the soccer field.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A