A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
"They leaped like deer on the moon."
What is a simile?
100
The victims were overcome by NOXIOUS fumes.
What is harmful or dangerous?
100
Find the error: My friends want me to come to there neighborhood to go swimming.
What is their?
200
Descriptive writing that appeals to your 5 senses to create a picture in your brain
What is imagery?
200
I am all ears.
What is a metaphor?
200
The crusty, CANTANKEROUS old man bellowed at the children as they walked past his house.
What is grumpy or bad-tempered?
200
Find the punctuation that is missing from this sentence:
I have always wanted to go to Hawaii consequently, I was very happy to finally vacation there.
What is a semicolon?
300
A comparison of two unlike objects WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300
My mom has told me a million times to clean up my room.
What is hyperbole?
300
The exhausted mother ACQUIESCED to her toddler's demands for a new toy.
What is gave in or agreed?
300
Find the error in this sentence:
When shopping for shoes, the dog jumped out of the owner's handbag.
What is "when he/she was shopping for shoes"? (answers may vary)
400
The use of human characteristics for non-human things
What is personification?
400
I could smell the rain in the air as I walked through the overgrown fields.
What is imagery?
400
The F.B.I. agent was sent on a COVERT operation.
What is secret or hidden?
400
This piece of punctuation can be used to join two clauses or set off an appositive phrase
What is a comma?
500
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
500
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
What is personification?
500
When the pretty girl he'd noticed on the bus sat next to him in economics class, the smitten boy knew it was KISMET.
What is fate or destiny?
500
This "rule" says that every item in a list should be formatted the same way