Figurative Language
Sentences or phrases that begin with the same consonant sound are called
What is alliteration?
Katherines boots
What are Katherine's boots?
The lightning danced across the dark sky.
What is personification?
Scar, smudge, spot
What is blemish?
The gooey substance produced by animals and people to protect them
What is slime?
liveliness, energy, perk up
What is fatigue?
What are two things that are compared using the words like or as called?
What are similes?
childrens toys
What are children's toys?
The heat made my mother as angry as a hornet!
What is a simile?
a wanderer, roamer, rover
What is a nomad?
The amount of phlegm produced by the human body everyday?
unqualified, incapable, unfit
What is capable?
Literal sayings that were used many years ago to describe something very different are called.
What are idioms?
waitress tables
what is waitress' tables?
Two turtles tiptoes through the tulips.
What is alliteration?
to torment, hurt, annoy
What is persecute?
This is the hottest place on Earth.
What is Death Valley?
sad, gloomy, somber
What is festive?
Comparing objects or things to a human's characteristics is
What is personification?
walrus tusks
What is walrus' tusks?
When my husband tells jokes, he cracks us up!
What is an idiom?
first, greatest, dominant
What is supreme?
Three animals that live in the Death Valley are
What are Scorpion, coyote, and rattlesnake?
to miss, overlook
What is detect?
Words that are used to describe sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
parents car
what is parent's car?
Crack! Crunch! The popcorn exploded in his mouth!
What is onomatopoeia?
dull, outspoken, frank, direct
What is blunt?
Name two reasons the three women got lost in Lost in Death Valley.
1. took a wrong turn 2. GPS didn't work 3. didn't have cell phone service 4. only main roads were shown on the map, not back roads
to open, begin, start, commence
What is conclude?