Definition
A simile.
What is a comparison that uses the words "like" or "as".
This is a metaphor.
a.) Contrast two things by saying one thing is not the other.
b.)Comparing two things by saying one thing is the other.
c.) Contrasting two things using the words "like" or "as".
d.) Comparing two things by using the words "like" or "as".
What is (b.)Comparing two things by saying one thing is the other.
My amazing personality allows me to have a million friends.
What is a hyperbole?
The following is a simile: "She imagined a lake, its surface as smooth as glass"- First Test
TRUE! The author is comparing a lake to glass.
Like an explorer charting a new land’s mountains and rivers and forests, Gallant has been mapping brains.
What is a simile? Gallants work of mapping a brain was similar to the work of an explorer working with newly identified geographical areas. Both revolutionary and requiring exploration.
Personification.
What is giving human qualities or behaviors to something nonhuman?
The following is a hyperbole.
a.) My mother was a raging thunderstorm.
b.) "to overcome that black-white racist line"
c.) "Every time her curiosity was about to win..."
d.) My car is so tiny a dust of wind is dangerous.
What is d.) My car is so tiny a dust of wind is dangerous.
The teacher was angry about the kid-napping in school, but it is fine now. He woke up.
What is a pun?
Pushy people proved to prefer picking their place is onomatopoeia.
False. What is Alliteration?
"For Robinson to fight that Civil War"- Jackie Robinson.. an American Hero
What is a metaphor? Jackie's challenging experiences being the first Black player on an MLB team is being compared to the Civil War. Both required grit and determination to overcome the fight.
A pun.
What is a clever and witty play on words where words have more than one meaning ?
The fireplace heater hissed and cracked.
a.) Personification
b.) Onomatopoeia
c.) Metaphor
d.) Simile
What is b.) Onomatopoeia?
He has bigger fish to fry.
What is an idiom?
The phrase "cutting corners" is a metaphor.
False. What is an Idiom?
"Jim Crow didn't push her around" - The girl who got arrested
What is personification. The Jim Crow laws didn't scare nor discourage Claudette from taking action.
An Idiom.
What is a common phrase or expression that represents a non-literal meaning?
You should listen to whatever the English teacher says to you because they are always write.
a.)Idiom
b.) Simile
c.) Metaphor
d.) Pun
e.) Hyperbole
What is d.) a pun?
"And still to come: the Word"- Ballad for Martin Luther King Jr.
What is a metaphor?
The following is a hyperbole "... and I think you're the biggest treasure of all."-Mrs. Hereward (Greenglass House)
FALSE! What is a metaphor?
You've made your bed, now lie in it.
What is an idiom?: you must deal with and suffer the consequences of your actions or decisions.
Imagery.
What is descriptive and detailed language that appeals to the senses?
A penny for your thoughts.
a. Metaphor
b. Pun
c. Personification
d. Hyperbole
e. Idiom
What is ( e. Idiom)
The angry storm pounded on our home.
What is personification?
Best thing since sliced bread is a pun.
FALSE! What is an Idiom?
"Keep my will burning hot as the heart of the volcano, and as hard and implacable as a glacier"- Keladry (First test)
What is a simile? Kel wanted to keep her desire and goal in mind so that she could be triumphant over her probationary year.