Figures of Speech

She is a shining star.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

He floated like a boat in the water.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The leaves danced in the wind.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Their house was dirtier than a pig's pen.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

It was raining cats and dogs outside.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Tom was a tornado moving through the classroom.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

The doorbell rang when the mailman arrived.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The picture says a lot about the man.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Go break a leg on stage!

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4