Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole

I have a million things to do today.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The wind howled in the night.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

You were as brave as a lion.

• simile

• metaphor

• personifiaction

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

He is a night owl.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a hyperbole?

• a coffee drink from Starbucks

• use of exaggeration to emphasize a point

• giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics

• a very fast speed

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is personification?

• giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics.

• a way to describe people

• exaggeration to make a point

• when a person is pretending

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A