Figuratively Speaking
The repetition of a sound or group of sounds in a series of words.
What is Alliteration?
The ocean water shimmered like a diamond in the sunlight.
What is an example of Simile?
Ponyboy's brothers.
Who are Sodapop and Darry?
An explanation or description for a picture.
What is a caption?
Musical artist who sings the song "7 Rings".
Who is Ariana Grande?
Giving human-like qualities or characteristics to a non-human or non-living thing.
What is personification?
My car chugga chugged to a halt on the road as it used up the last drop of gasoline.
What is an example of Onomatopoeia?
The two groups in The Outsiders caught up in social warfare.
Who are the Greasers and the Socs?
To spread out or move into a position of readiness
What is deploy?
The last name of Bruce Wayne/Batman's butler, Alfred.
What is Pennyworth?
Extreme exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
I would die for a chance to meet Justin Timberlake!
What is an example of Hyperbole?
The guy who's tires Dallas Winston slashed.
Who is Tim Shepard?
To develop over time or gradually
What is evolve?
The planet closest to the sun in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
An object that represents something else.
What is a symbol?
The bride got cold feet and called the whole wedding off two days before it was supposed to happen.
What is an example of Idiom?
Cherry's last name.
What is "Valance"?
To reduce to the smallest amount.
What is minimize?
The capital of New Jersey.
What is Trenton?
A commonly used phrase that does not literally mean what it says when taken word-for-word.
What is an Idiom?
Art can be beautifully bold or a boring blunder.
What is Mickey Mouse?
Not happening often; occasional
What is sporadic?
Inventor of the telephone.
Who is Alexander Bell?