Figurative Language

The pencil danced across the paper.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The cow yelled at the fly after it bit him.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Tommy is a bull in a china shop.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

I told you one million times to clean your room.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

My brother can burp the alphabet.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Gabby gulped down the mountain dew.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

My mom is as smart as a dictionary.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

I had to hurry home to help cook ham for dinner

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4