Identifying Figurative Language

"She was as smart as Einstein"

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Imagery

"He was a lion on the battlefield when he presented his new project pitch to management"

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Imagery

"She was faster than a cheetah on the netball court"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

"Quickly, quietly, we tip-toed up"

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

"It cost an arm and a leg"

• Hyperbole

• Clique

• Metaphor

• Simile

"It's in the bag"

• Clique

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

"Snap, screech, ouch went the noises outside my window"

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

"Don't be a Water Wally!"

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Clique

"It was like a dream when she finally met Taylor Swift"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Alliteration

"Her dog is an eating machine"

• Clique

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor