Personification
What is the definition of personification?
Giving human traits, actions, or feelings to non-human objects.
What type of words are used to build onomatopoeia?
Real-world sound effects.
True or False: Alliteration means words must share the exact same starting letter, no matter how they sound.
False. It is based entirely on sharing the same initial sound (e.g., "clever kangaroo" is alliteration).
What does it mean if an idiom is described as a "secret code"?
The phrases mean something entirely different from their literal, word-for-word definition.
What figure of speech makes a direct comparison between two unlike things using the connector words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Is this a personification?
The old house groaned under the heavy wind
Yes
Name three distinct onomatopoeia words you would find in an action comic book bubble.
Acceptable answers are:
Identify the repeating sound in this phrase: "Seven slippery snakes slithered silently."
The /s/ sound
If a teacher tells a talkative classroom to "bite your tongue," what is she actually asking them to do?
Stop talking / be quiet.
If a simile compares things using "like" or "as", what figure of speech makes a direct comparison by stating one thing is another?
Metaphor
Identify the human action in this sentence: "The relentless alarm clock screamed at me to get out of bed."
Screamed
Identify the two instances of onomatopoeia here: "The dry leaves crackled under my boots as twigs snapped."
Crackled and snapped.
Add two alliterative words to complete this sentence: "The brave, bold _________ _________ flew into the sky."
Accept any words starting with the /b/ sound (e.g., "brown bear", "big bird", "bad bat").
What does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?
To tell a secret or reveal confidential information.
When you tell someone, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" or "I have a million miles of homework tonight," which extreme, exaggerated figure of speech are you using?
Hyperbole
Turn this literal sentence into personification: "The car engine was loud when it started."
"The car engine roared angrily to life" or "The engine coughed and spluttered out of bed."
Why do authors use onomatopoeia in a descriptive story?
To create sensory imagery or help the reader hear what is happening in the scene.
Alliteration is the repetition of this specific type of letter sound at the beginning of words?
Consonant
Listen to this scenario: Marcus was feeling incredibly sick, so he stayed home from school. What common 3-word idiom describes his situation?
Under the weather.
Read this sentence: "The delicious smell of fresh pizza pizza called my name from the kitchen." Which two figures of speech are working together here?
Alliteration (pizza pizza) and Personification (the smell called my name).
What hidden root word is tucked inside "Personification" that serves as your memory clue?
Person
The sound of dry leaves rolling along the ground in the wind
Rustle
Create an original 4-word sentence using alliteration with the letter "P" on the spot. (Team has 20 seconds!)
Accept any grammatically sound 4-word phrase starting with P
This phrase meaning to complete a task efficiently originally referred to clearing land of trees.
To make short work of it or barking up the wrong tree
Daily Double! What is the term for a figure of speech that links two completely opposite, contradictory words together back-to-back for dramatic effect, such as "seriously funny," "deafening silence," or "jumbo shrimp"?
Oxymoron