Multiple Meaning Words
Give to meanings for the word NAIL
1. small metal spike with a flat head typically driven into wood with a hammer.
2. to attach to a wall.
3. to expose, catch, or arrest someone
What is being compared? What does it mean?
Her hair was like silk.
Hair and silk. Her hair was very soft and shiny.
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
His legs were rubber
Legs and rubber. His legs were very wobbly and possibly weak
Give the meaning for the idiom
POUR YOUR HEART OUT
It means to tell or share everything
What is being personified? What does it mean?
Lightning danced across the sky
The lightning. It means that there is a lot of lightning flashing in the sky.
Give two meanings for the word SAFE
1. protected from danger
2. a strong box or cabinet used to store valuable things
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
The book was as light as a feather
The book and feather. The book was very light and easy to carry, almost weightless.
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She is the sun in the sky
Girl and the sun. She was a focus or center of attention, she is very important to the other person, she lights up their life
Give the meaning for the idiom
BUTTON YOUR LIPS
Means to be quiet or close your mouth
What is being personified? What does it mean?
The wind howled in the night.
The wind. It means that the wind is blowing loudly.
Give two meanings for the word TRIP
1. to catch your foot on something and fall
2. the act of going to a place for fun and returning
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
Writing that essay was as easy as ABC
Writing the essay and ABC's. Writing the essay was very simple to do.
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My life is a dream.
Life and a dream. Their life is very unrealistic. Everything they want to happen is happening. It is unbelievable.
Give the meaning for the idiom
IN A JAM
It means you are stuck or having a hard time with something
What is being personified? What does it mean?
The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.
The moon. It means it keeps being covered up by the clouds.
Give two meanings for the word LIGHT
1. to make something start burning
2. the natural element that makes things visible
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
The motorcycle is as quick as lightning.
Motorcycle and lightning. The motorcycle was very fast.
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
Our class is a circus.
Class and circus. The class is very wild and out of order
Give the meaning of the idiom
A PIECE OF CAKE
It was very easy
What is being personified? What does it mean?
The stairs groaned as she walked up them.
The stairs. It means they were making a creaking sound when walked on.
Give two meanings for the word SQUASH
1. to crush or squeeze something with force
2. vegetable
3. a game played by two players with a racket
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
The boys punch was as solid as a rock.
Punch and rock. The punch was as firm as a rock meaning it was strong.
What two things are being compared? What does it mean?
He was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.
The boy and a wall. He was not listening to anything being said, or he was able to have a comeback for everything that was said to him.
Give the meaning of the idiom
PUT WORDS INTO SOMEONES MOUTH
You are telling them what to say or saying they said something they didn't really say.
What is being personified? What does it mean?
The fog sits overlooking the harbor and the city and then moves on.
The fog. It means it is staying in one place not moving