Misc.
What is the capital of Wisconsin?
Madison
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is an idiom?
A word of phrase that means something different from its literal meaning.
What is an oxymoron?
A phrase whose words contradict each other with opposite meanings.
What does umoja mean?
Unity
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things saying one is the other.
Use the animal, wind, to create a personification phrase
The wind howled in the night.
Where is the idiom in this phrase.
When I was waiting in line for lunch, my friend behind me said, "Oh my gosh! There's a huge spider on your head!" As I started to freak out, she laughed and said, "I'm just pulling your leg!"
Pulling your leg
What is an example of an oxymoron?
Jumbo Shrimp
What is the professional basketball team in Wisconsin?
Milwaukee Bucks
She is the light of my life.
What is this an example of?
Metaphor
Give me an example of personification.
The basketball hoop stared at me as I was about to score the game winning basket.
My bed was calling my name to go to sleep.
What does the phrase "penny for your thoughts" mean?
It's another way of asking someone what they are thinking.
Use the phrase "silent scream" in a sentence?
I let out a silent scream when I saw that my parents surprised me with a puppy for my birthday!
What is Miss. Krause's favorite color?
Yellow
Give me an example of a simile.
She is as quick as a cat.
He sounded like a lion roaring.
What is the human quality given to the object in this phrase.
The car danced across the icy roads.
Danced
Give an example of an idiom.
Back to the drawing board.
Chicken scratch.
Why is this phrase an oxymoron?
When I eat dinner I always use plastic silverware.
Plastic is contradicting silverware.
How old is Miss. Krause
22
What is the meaning of this metaphor?
You're such a chicken!
What is the object that is given human characteristic in this phrase...
The camera loved her.
Camera
How could you use "couch potato" in a sentence to create an idiom?
He is never wanting to do anything, he is such a couch potato!
Which is not an oxymoron?
Awfully good.
Hip Hop.
Crystal clear.
Awfully good