English Language Features

The neglected toys stared sadly at the child as he played with his new PS4.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

His eyes were as dark as the night.

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

He felt his heart break in two as she walked out of the door.

• metaphor
• personification
• pun
• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

It was, quite literally, the worst day of my life!

• Cliche
• Satire
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole/exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The bike tire let out a deafening hiss as the air escaped.

• colloquialism
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The classroom was filled with a deafening silence.

• oxymoron
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The clouds turned darker and darker, threatening to burst at any moment.

• alliteration
• Pathetic fallacy
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The look on his brother's face was an insult. The look on his mum's face was an insult. Everything was an insult.

• Repetition
• paradox
• metaphor
• imperative

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The poor, innocent child sobbed loudly in the corner.

• verb
• adverb
• noun
• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The poor, innocent child sobbed loudly in the corner.

• noun
• adjective
• adverb
• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A