Fig Lang/Lit Devices

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My bed called to me.

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I spent an eternity working my my language arts project.

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The math assignment was a breeze.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind sang through the trees.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

That girl is as tough as nails.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My brain screamed in pain from all of the noise.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The river laughed at the frolicking fish.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an ordinary object, event, person, animal, etc., to which we have attached deeper meaning or significance?

• symbol

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5