Idiom or hyperbole?
Metaphor or Simile?
Personification or Onomatopoeia?
Mood in Poetry
Literary Elements
100

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! Idiom or hyperbole?

What is hyperbole - it uses exaggeration to over-emphasize that the person is REALLY hungry!

100

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. Metaphor or simile?

What is metaphor.

100

The branches bowed to the ground.  

What is personification

100

Haikus: Author's mood 

Inside a curled wave

A dolphin's shadow dances

Sliding through blue glass

What is fun and playful

100

The place and time that the story takes place.

What is setting

200
What does, "He let the cat out of the bag" mean? Idiom or hyperbole?
What is idiom. This idiom means someone shared a secret.
200
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. This metaphor compares Brian to a wall because (A) He was very strong. (B) He was very tall. (C) He kept returning the balls. (D) His body was made of cells.
What is .... (C) He kept returning the balls.
200

The steaks sizzled on the grill.

What is onomatopoeia.

200

Poetry:  Identify author's mood

There once was a young boy named Skinner

Who always refused to eat dinner.

Now the boy is so lean, 

He can hardly be seen.

We don't think he could get any thinner!

What is funny and silly.

200

The individuals that the story is about.

What is characters

300
We have a ton of work to do this next month! Idiom or hyperbole and why?
What is .... hyperbole because it uses exaggeration to emphasize that we have a lot of work, but it doesn't really weigh a TON!
300

We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog! (1)Metaphor or Simile? (2)How do you know?

What is ... This is a metaphor because it does not use like or as to compare Tammy to a hog.

300

The flowers danced with the moonlight.

What is personification.

300

It's September:  Determine the Author's mood.

It's September, and the orchards are afire with red and gold.

And the night with dew are heavy, and the morning's sharp with cold;

Now the garden's at its gayest with the salvia blazing red

And the good old-fashioned asters laughing at us from their bed;

Once again in shoes and stockings are the children's little feet, 

And the dog now does his snoozing on the bright side of the street.  

What is happy and playful.
300
This is another word for conflict and is usually solved within the story.

What is problem

400
If you want to wish someone good luck on a performance, how many of the following idioms could you say? "Shake a leg," "You're dressed to the T," "Knock 'em dead," "It's raining cats & dogs"
What is 2 - you could say "Shake a leg," or "Knock 'em dead!"
400
To get 400 points you must answer all of the following: She is like a rainy day. (1) Is this a simile or metaphor? (2) How do you know? (3) What does it mean?
What is ... this is a simile because it uses the word like to compare the girl with a rainy day. Meaning: (Teacher can grade for appropriate meaning)
400

The camera loves me.  

What is personification?

400

Poetry:  Determine the author's mood.

There was a young maid who said, "Why

Can't I look in my ear with my eye?

If I put my mind to it

I'm sure I can do it:

You never can tell till you try.

What is silly
400

The beginning, middle and end of the story.

Plot

500
For 500 points, you must correctly write one hyperbole and one idiom (not previously used in this game).
What is .... (Teacher must check for points)
500
This is a hard question ... one that many junior high students and high school students might not get ... Shakespeare, a famous writer, once said, "All the world's a stage." What do you think he meant?
What is ... he meant that life is like a play and we are all performing every day.
500

For 500 points, you must correctly make up a sentence using personification.  

What is .... (teacher must check for correct response)

500

I'm Nobody - Determine the mood

I'm nobody!  Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there's a pair of us-don't tell! 

they'd banish us, you know.


How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell you name the livelong day

To an admiring bog!

What is playful and sarcastic

500

The solution to the problem that needs to be solved in a story.

What is resolution

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