Idioms
Metaphor or Simile?
Poetry
Homonyms and
Homophones
Alliteration
100
"Break a leg"
What is an idiom for wishing someone good luck
100
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. Metaphor or simile?
What is Metaphor
100
two or more words which match in the same last sound. Ex.: bat, cat
What is rhyme?
100
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
what is a pun
100
I scream, you scream, we all _____ for icecream!
What is Scream
200
Language that does not mean exactly what it says.
What is Figurative Langauge
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
Pictures drawn in the reader's mind by the words of the poet.
What is Imagery
200
Homonym or homophone? "aye", "eye" and "I".
What is Homphone
200
Definition of Alliteration
What is the same beginning constant sound in a line or verse.
300
The literal meaning and the figurative meaning of the idiom: "at the drop of a hat."
Literal: you dropped a hat Figurative: willing to do something immediately.
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
Define Free Verse and Stanza
No predictable rhythm or rhyme= Free Versea paragraph in poetry, surrounded above and below by skipped lines. = Stanza
300
Homonym or Homophone?"bow your head" and "tied in a bow"
What is Homonym
300
what sound is repeated in Fish for Physics?
What is /f/?
400
What are the 3 characteristics that all idioms have in common.
What is.... (1) unrelated to literal meaning (2) Can't change the idiom (3) Idioms are from a culture.
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
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem: There once was a big brown cat That liked to eat a lot of mice. He got all round and fat Because they tasted so nice.
What is ABAB
400
I was reading a book about anti-gravity. Its impossible to put down. Why is this "punny"
anti gravity means that it wont go down, the book is so good that you dont want to put it down
400
Make your own alliteration sentence with the /sh/ sound.
Teacher judgement
500
5+5 = X
What is 10?
500
59+1=X
What is 60?
500
50-1=X
What is 49?
500
100-0=X
What is 0?
500
1000-1000=X
What is 0?
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