Figurative Language

Front

My stomach did a backflip.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

This school is an asylum.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

I waited a million years for my ride to the house.

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Wacky worries phrase exemplifies a literary device.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The rope SNAPPED, showing the child's panic.

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

Back

Delaney is important to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

I'm dying to see that movie.

Back

I'm excited about seeing the movie.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Chou's head was spinning after math class.

Back

Chou was feeling confused.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Fog as a blanket covering the road.

Back

Thick fog.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D