Definitions
Examples
Sentence
Interpretation
Bonus
100
What is the repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words?
alliteration
100
What figure of speech is used in this sentence? The truth should never be swept under the rug.
idiom
100
Which if these sentences contains a hyperbole? The girl was so hungry she could eat her weight in potato chips. The sleeping child was as peaceful as a lamb.
The girl was so hungry she could eat her weight in potato chips.
100
What does the idiom "A Blessing In Disguise" mean? Something good that isn't recognized at first. Being upset for something that happened in the past.
Something good that isn't recognized at first.
100
What form of figurative language is commonly known as tongue twisters?
alliteration
200
What uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike?
simile
200
What is form of figurative language is used in this sentence? The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
metaphor
200
Which sentence contains a simile? The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
200
What does the idiom "A Drop in the Bucket" mean? A very small part of something big or whole. Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
A very small part of something big or whole.
200
Tall tales are an example of this form of figurative language.
hyperbole
300
What states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison without using like or as?
metaphor
300
What figurative language is used in this sentence? Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos.
alliteration
300
Which sentence contains personification? The sun listens to the messages of the clouds. Pop, the balloon bursted just as it reached the clouds.
The sun listens to the messages of the clouds.
300
What does the idiom "All Bark And No Bite" mean? When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight. When everyone is facing the same challenges.
When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight.
300
Comic strips often use this form of figurative language to get the attention of the reader.
onomatopoeia
400
What is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object?
personification
400
What figurative language is used in this sentence? The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.
simile
400
Which sentence contains an example of an idiom? She ran fifty miles an hour toward the crying baby. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
400
What does the idiom "Apple of My Eye" mean? Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds. Someone who is cherished above all others.
Someone who is cherished above all others.
400
Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes. This is an example of _______________.
Aliteration
500
What is an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true?
hyperbole
500
What figurative language is used in this sentence? The girl looked pretty ugly after being caught out in the rain.
oxymoron
500
Which sentence contains an idiom? The boy ate jumbo shrimp for lunch with his friends. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
500
What does the idiom "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" mean? To irritate and/or annoy very much. Don't rely on it until your sure of it.
Don't rely on it until your sure of it.
500
This form of figurative language is often used in poetry. It is a bit like rhyming but at the beginning of the line rather than the end.
alliteration
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