After each sentence write the name of the type of figurative language displayed in it. If a sentence displays no figurative language write “none”. Hyperbole, irony, liabilities, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche.

4. Mayorkas will fold like a towel under the pressure of the impeachment inquiry.

5. Since Susie is the only architect in the office today, susie is the best architect in the office today!

6. A house is an iron fortress against the outside world.

7. Sometimes opportunity doesn't just knock on your door it stands there and yells your name, too!

8. After winning his fifth Super Bowl, Brady said: not bad, not too bad a job, really!

9. In the world of fashion design, less is more.

10. In soccer last night, Philadelphia defeated Boston.

11. Drake appeared on the music scene like a bolt of lightning.

12. Look- there are 1,000,000 reasons why we should not get married, Carly!

13. Great job, Lisa; you managed to upset both your friends and enemies with that comment-- great job!
14. Your new BMW 5000 convertible looks almost exactly like mine!
15. Sometimes, CJ just melts my heart when she smiles at me.
16. The Pentagon announced today that 3000 more troops will be sent to Cyprus.
17. Because he wanted to use Joe's car that night, John asked, “Yo, Joel- Can I borrow your wheels, man?”
18. I have read all of Shakespeare, but I don't like any of it!
19. Get real! Caitlin Clark would be destroyed in the NBA.
20. I will need a passport to visit Solvenia.