Figurative Language - Examples

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CCSS.L.6.2B

The sunshine was like a warm blanket on a cold and rainy night.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Cookies and cakes called to him from the display case, "Eat us up!"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

That hole is so deep it goes straight through to China!

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Every photo in the album hides its secrets.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Soft and warm, the bed was an oasis.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Kaylee calmly carried her cat into the car.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Like a silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

My dad gave me a ton of chores to do this weekend, so I might die of exhaustion.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The sky wept tears of joy.

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• literal language

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4