Explaining Figurative Language

I was happy to put my John Handcock on the petition

• analogy

• hyperbole

• personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Canary is to yellow as polar bear is to white

• analogy

• Simlie

• Metaphor

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I passed the test by the skin of my teeth

• oxymoron

• Idiom

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

There were a million bees in my tiny little garden.

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Amazing acrobats act arrogantly.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

• Fact

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The tree branch reached but couldn’t grab the clouds.

• metaphor

• personification

• opinion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When Elena heard the pop-pop-pop in the street, she immediately knew something was wrong.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• exaggeration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the same beginning sound occurs in several words in a row.

• metaphor

• analogy

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as.

• personification

• allusion

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison statement to show how things are related.

• analogy

• alliteration

• allusion

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4