Figurative Language

She is as sweet as pie!

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.

• idiom
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Life is a journey.

• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

While working, write your wackiest words down.

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

Corey shoots the ball and....BAM. It bricks off the backboard.

• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The rain wept down the window during the storm.

• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor
• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Myra is as sharp as a tack.

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• euphemism

The moon waved goodbye as the sun woke up.

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

George is a walking dictionary. He knows everything!

• euphemism
• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4