Limericks
Limericks have ____ lines, and are usually funny.
What is 5 Lines?
This phrase means "its raining really hard".
What is "its raining cat's and dog's"?
An analogy compares how many things to help explain or understand something better.
What is 2?
A hyperbole is an extreme ________ used to make something sound bigger, better, or more dramatic.
What is an exaggeration.
A simile uses ____ and _____ to compare two thing?
What is "like" and "as"?
This is the rhyming pattern for limericks.
What is AABBA
"Break a ____" is an idiom that means "good luck!"
What is "leg"?
A brain is like a computer.” What job do both of these do?
What is process information/make decisions/make calculations.
What is funny?
He runs like the wind.” What is being compared to the wind?
What is he (a person)?
Limericks are usually meant to be ______?
What is Funny/Silly?
An idiom should not be taken _______?
What is literally/seriously?
An analogy makes a ________ of two things?
What is comparison?
This sentence is exaggerated: “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” What is being exaggerated?
What is Hunger?
“He is as strong as an ox.” What quality is being compared?
What is strength?
Lines 3 and 4 have ________ syllables that lines 1,2, and 5.
What is less/shorter. (5 or 6)
An idiom is a type of _________ language?
"Learning is like riding a ____"
What is a bike?
This sentence is not meant to be true: “I’ve told you a million times.” What number shows the exaggeration?
What is a million?
Add a word to complete the simile:
"Im so hungry I could eat a ______"
What is a "horse"
Line 2 has ______ syllables?
What is 8 or 9 syllables
This idiom means someone is very nervous. If taken literally, it would sound like flying insects are inside your body...
What is “butterflies in your stomach”?
If something is "like riding a bike" it means its easy to _______.
What is "easy to do/remember"
$500: This sentence exaggerates size: “That wave was as big as a mountain.” What is the speaker trying to show?
What is the wave was very big?
This sentence is NOT a simile: “The classroom was a zoo.” What is missing that would make it a simile?
What is “like” or “as”?