Similes, Metaphors, Personification, and Idioms
Word Roots
The Human Machine
Encounter
Zlateh the Goat
100
"Each great canoe gave birth to many little ones that swam awkwardly to our shore." Is this a simile, a metaphor, personification, or an idiom?
Personification
100
What does the Latin word root 'terra' mean?
Earth
100
What does the word 'involve' mean?
To be part of something
100
What does the word 'custom' mean?
Something that a certain group of people do
100
What does the word 'confidence' mean?
To believe that you can do something.
200
"They hid their bodies in colors, like parrots." Is this a simile, a metaphor, personification, or an idiom?
Simile
200
What does the Latin word root 'aud' mean?
to hear
200
What does the word 'system' mean?
A group of parts that work together to do a job.
200
What does the word 'shore' mean?
The land beside a large body of water.
200
What does the word 'trust' mean?
To believe that someone else will do what is best for you.
300
"I drew back from the feast." Is this a simile, a metaphor, personification, or an idiom?
Idiom
300
What does the Latin word root 'port' mean?
To carry
300
What job does the respiratory system do?
Moves air in and out of the body
300
How does the boy feel when the strangers arrive?
Scared, worried, afraid, etc.
300
Where do Aaron and Zlateh hide?
An empty haystack.
400
"Soon, the beach and trees and everything I knew slipped away." Is this a simile, a metaphor, personification, or an idiom?
Idiom
400
What does the Latin word root 'log' mean?
reason, study
400
What job does the circulatory system do?
Pumps blood through the body
400
What does the chief do when he hears the boy's warning?
He doesn't listen to him.
400
What is Zlateh the Goat about?
A boy and a goat survive a bad storm together.
500
"Their skin was moon to my sun." Is this a simile, a metaphor, personification, or an idiom?
Metaphor
500
What does the Latin word root 'fract' mean?
To break
500
What job does the digestive system do?
Breaks down the food taken in the body
500
Why does the chief think that the strangers came from the sky?
They have light skin.
500
Who are Zlateh, Aaron, Anna, Miriam, Leah, Reuven, and Feivel?
Goat, boy, sister, sister, mother, father, and butcher.
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