Figurative Language - The Crucible

The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are as definite as stone.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do.

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

I'll tell you what's walking Salem--vengeance is walking Salem.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

I know how you clutched my back and sweated like a stallion whenever you come near.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs, and all our old pretense is ripped away.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.

Uses LIKE or AS.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A