Figurative Language Refresher

That was a piece of cake.

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Her eyes were shining bright like stars.

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Allusion

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My mother is so kind, she's an angel.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Keep this secret, don't spill the beans!

• Idiom

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her laugh was soft and light as a bell.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I've told you a million times!

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The sky was blue and clear, and the scent of freshly cut grass was in the air.

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The wind whispered through the trees.

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The cake was moist and sweet when she bit into it, the chocolate icing rich and heavy on her tongue.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5