Figurative Language All Too Well

She is as sweet as pie!

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole

A student gives a goofy answer in class and the teacher responds, "that's an interesting point of view."

• a metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• a euphemism 
• an idiom

The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.

• idiom
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

"Under the weather" meaning: someone is sick.

• idiom
• euphemism
• personification
• simile

• idiom
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• euphemism

Life is a journey.

• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

While working, write your wackiest words down.

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• personification

Corey shoots the ball and....BAM. It bricks off the backboard.

• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• hyperbole
• simile

The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window.

• hyperbole
• personification
• euphemism
• metaphor