Figurative Language

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4