Figurative Language

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

   Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The sun was beating down on me

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear

  in the tide.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Ravenous and savage

from its long polar journey,

the North Wind is

searching for food—

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark,

or eat spinach and liver then tackle the homework my teacher assigns.

• personofication

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

She has a stone heart.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is NOT a simile?

• The moon is like pizza.

• I like pizza.

• It was as bright as a star.

• The fan was like a cool, ocean breeze.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D