Examples of Figurative Language

Cookies and cakes called to him from the display case, "Eat us up!"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

That hole is so deep it goes straight through to China!

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Every photo in the album hides its secrets.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Soft and warm, the bed was an oasis.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Like a silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My dad gave me a ton of chores to do this weekend, so I might die of exhaustion.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The sky wept tears of joy.

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• literal language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The brisk winter air bit at her lungs as she struggled to breathe.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I'm as hungry as a bear in springtime.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We waited in line forever to get BTS's autograph.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A