Idioms
If a task is incredibly easy to complete, you might say it is a "piece" of this dessert.
What is a piece of cake?
This type of figurative language gives human traits, feelings, or actions to non-human things like objects, animals, or ideas.
What is personification?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things specifically using these two connecting words.
What are "like" and "as"?
This is the basic definition of a metaphor, which distinguishes it from a simile by comparing two unlike things without using these two specific words.
What are "like" and "as"?
In the classic phrase "as busy as a bee," this is the specific characteristic being compared between the person and the insect.
What is Working Hard?
Someone who is acting wildly, crazily, or losing emotional control is said to "go" this fruit.
What is bananas?
In the sentence "The angry wind howled through the night," what human action is given to the wind?
What is howling (or being angry)?
If someone is handling a situation calmly, coolly, and without stressing, you might say they are "as cool as" this refreshing salad ingredient.
What is a cucumber?
"The classroom was a zoo during recess," this is the item being compared to a chaotic animal habitat.
What is the classroom?
This sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during Monday morning recess." is an example of:
A. Simile
B. Personification
C.Metaphor
What is C.Metaphor?
To feel highly nervous or anxious, especially before giving a big speech, is to have these insects in your stomach.
What are butterflies?
Which of these is an example of personification: "The basketball was round" OR "The alarm clock rudely yelled at me to wake up"?
What is "The alarm clock rudely yelled at me to wake up"?
If a speaker gives a highly confusing presentation, a listener might mockingly say, "Your explanation was as clear as" this messy substance.
What is mud?
If someone is called a "night owl," it doesn't mean they have feathers; it figuratively means they possess this specific habit.
What is staying up very late?
This idiom means to reveal a secret, often by accident or prematurely. Legend says it traces back to an ancient Greek voting process using beans.
What is "spill the beans"?
If it is your turn to make the next move or decision in a situation, we say this object "is in your court."
What is the ball?
When an author writes "The shadows danced on the wall," what do they actually mean about the shadows?
What is they moved around or flickered (often due to dim or shifting light)?
If you are incredibly focused, sharp-minded, or quick to understand a situation, you are said to be "as sharp as" this common office item.
What is a tack? (Acceptable: What is a needle/pencil?)
In the sentence, "The assignment was a breeze," this is what the work is being compared to.
What is a light wind (or a breeze)?
The Idiom "feeling under the weather"means what?
What is you feel sick.
Completing two tasks at the exact same time with a single action is "killing two" of these "with one stone."
What are birds?
Which of these sentences is an example of personification?
A) The car is as fast as a jet.
B) The car coughed and groaned before starting.
C) The car is a lemon.
What is B (The car coughed and groaned before starting)?
a simile for someone who sleeps so heavily they barely move says they "sleep like" this heavy, unmoving wood object.
What is a log?
"The giant waves were angry mountains rising up to crush the ship," what two things are being directly compared?
What are Ocean Waves and Mountains?
What is the opposite of a Simile?
What is a Metaphor