Identifying Figures of Speech

She was as happy as a clam.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My mother's car slides forward through the sticky molasses of polluted air.

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Perfected purple melts the winter. . ."

• metaphor

• idiom

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"My room

My personal disaster area

of piled clothing and blaring music

of comfortable chaos

• oxymoron

• simile

• adage

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I'm at the end of my rope.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The clouds wept as we said farewell to our dog Sammy.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The mosquito buzzed around my head as I hiked in Fontenelle Forest.

• oxymoron

• cliche

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

I've told you a million times to put a heading on your assignment.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"I pledge allegiance to the flag. . ."

• metaphor

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

She felt as if she had walked into Eden when she walked through the door to her bedroom after school.

• pun

• alliteration

• allusion

• proverb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4