FIgrative language Jeopardy Template

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

100

What is a metaphor?

A. A metaphor is a comparison, but it doesn't use "like" and it says one thing IS another.

B. when you say a hint to someone

C. when you compare with someone saying like

D. I don´t know

A. A metaphor is a comparison, but it doesn't use "like" and it says one thing IS another.

100

The wind was like a piercing arrow.

A. Simile

B. Alliteration

C. Metaphor

D. Idiom

A. Simile

100

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

A. The walls

B. The scream

C. The room

D. The orange

A. The walls

100

What is onomatopoeia?

A. A word or phrase that can be said forwards and backwards

B. An obvious exaggeration

C. A word that mimics a sound

D. Giving human qualities to an item

C. A word that mimics a sound

100

Choose the best alliteration definition:

A. The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.

B. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

C. The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.

B. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

200

Which sentence is an example of metaphor?

A. Your crying is rain.

B. Your crying is like rain.

A. Your crying is rain.

200

Comparing two unlike things using the words, "Like" or "As".

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Simile

D. Onomatopeoia

C. Simile

200

What is personification?

A. The same beginning sound repeated

B. Giving human characteristics to non-human things

C. A word that is a sound

D. An exaggeration

B. Giving human characteristics to non-human things

200

The race car zoomed past the finish line.

A. Onomatopoeia

B. Metaphor

A. Onomatopoeia

200

The repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables

A. onomatopoeia

B. personification

C. simile

D. alliteration

300

Which sentence is an example of metaphor?

A. You are like an elephant.

B. You are fire.

C. You are like a lion.

D.I don´t know.

B. You are fire.

300

True or False:
SIMILES and METAPHORS compare two things.

A. True

B. False

A. True

300

Which is an example of personification?

A. I am so hungry I could eat a horse

B. The sun is like a light bulb

C. The Sun smiled at us D.I want to be awesome

C. The Sun smiled at us

300

The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung.
What is the onomatopoeia?

A. lung

B. hacking

C. patient

B. hacking

300

Which is the best example of alliteration?

A. Only three girls came to the picnic.

B. She wants to see that movie.

C. I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.

D. The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!

C. I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.

400

What is the poet saying,"Her eyes were daggers as she looked at the man who stole her money."

A. Her eyes are made of knives. They are sharp.

B. She was very, very, angry at the thief.

400

She is as graceful as a swan.

A. metaphor

B. simile

C. personification

D. hyperbole

B. simile

400

'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.' What human quality/trait is being demonstrated in the sentence?

A. House

B. Depression

C. Happiness

D. Loneliness

B. Depression

400

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeic word.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.

A. zoomed

B. car

C. wow

D. finish

A. zoomed

400

Which is a the best example of Alliteration?

A. If someone see a science movie it can help them remember the concepts.

B. I love math but I don't like the homework.

C. We need milk for our cereal and tea!

A. If someone see a science movie it can help them remember the concepts.

500

How would you change this into a metaphor? " He ate like a pig."

A. He ate like a pig does.

B. He eats like pigs do.

C. He is a pig.

D. He is like a pig when he eats.

C. He is a pig.

500

A simile.....

A. says that something actually is something else.

B. compares two unlike things using the words like or as

C. compares two similar things using the words like or as

D. represents a person, an animal, an thing, or an idea.

C. compares two similar things using the words like or as

500

What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."

A. The stairs were slippery when they walked.

B. The stairs cracked open when they walked.

C. The stairs squeaked when they walked.

500

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

A. Onomatopoeia

B. hyperbole

A. Onomatopoeia

500

Which shows the best example of alliteration for the topic: Margot.

A. Margot was loved by everyone.

B. The kids did not get along with Margot.

C. Margot manages to make everyone miserable.

D. Margot needs the sun to be happy.

C. Margot manages to make everyone miserable.