Figurative Language; Poetic Devices

The sunshine smiled down upon us as we swam in the deep blue sea.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

I don't want to go to the dance; I have two left feet.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Her proposal for school uniforms went down like a lead balloon.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The men were gruff and grumpy, cranky and cross.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

My house is a million miles from here.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

You could her the gentle hum of the computers in the background.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Everyone knows he (Brother Vu) dreams of touching the same ground where Bruce Lee walked.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4