Figurative Language

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopeia

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10G

TEKS.ELA.5.10G

TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B