Figurative Language Application 1

The leaves danced in the breeze.

• personification
• metaphor
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Finicky Fred found a fingernail in his food and he is freaking out!

• alliteration
• metaphor
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her voice is as breathtaking as a summer sunrise.

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

That tissue paper is a hard rock.

• metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The brakes on the bike whined and cried as the tires hugged the steep hill.

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

NEIGH! NEIGH! Hershey trotted away when Mr. Jones tried to put on his saddle.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Silly Samantha screamed at the scarecrow for stopping in front of her skateboard.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We can’t make it, but we’ll take a rain check.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My aunt lives so far away. It takes forever to get to her house.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I practiced piano for 500 hours yesterday and I’m still struggling with the song.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4