Figurative Languages and Nuances

What type of figurative language is shown below:
EX:  The stalks of wheat gossiped in the breeze.

• idiom
• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is shown below:
EX:  The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.

• idiom
• personification
• metaphor
• similes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is used below:
The thunder BOOMED, and the lightning CRACKLED.

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of figurative language is shown below:
The toddler was a tornado of action in the nursery!

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is shown below:
Chester Cheetah chomped on chunks of chewy cheddar cheese.

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is shown below:
I think I read a million books this summer!

• idiom
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A