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

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The men were gruff and grumpy, cranky and cross.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My house is a million miles from here.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A