Figurative Language Worksheets

As red as a rose.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She is a peach.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun greeted me this morning.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Busy as a bee.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You are my sunshine.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

You could’ve knocked me over with a feather.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The fire hissed and crackled when I poked the burning wood.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

• SImile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Last night, I slept like a log.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3