Figurative Language

Time flies by! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

His mouth was a vacuum cleaner.

• idiom
• personification
• adage
• metaphor

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Fading memories are footprints int he sand.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• adage
• simile

My dog is so ugly, we have to pay people to pet him.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise

• metaphor
• adage
• personification
• hyperbole

Don't judge a book by its cover. 

• personification
• simile
• adage
• hyperbole