Figurative Language Kathryn

My backpack weighs a ton!

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The evening melted away like a snowflake.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Time is a thief.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Time marches on.

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Homework is a breeze.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The lillies in the field danced in the wind.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He is as busy as a bee.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A