Idiom or Hyperbole?
Metaphor or Simile?
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
100
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! Idiom or hyperbole?
What is hyperbole - it uses exaggeration to over-emphasize that the person is REALLY hungry!
100
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. Metaphor or simile?
What is metaphor.
100
Define personification
What is giving a non-human thing human characteristics or qualities.
100

Say the following:

Amelia always admired Alex's accent.

100

What is onomatopeia?

What is the written form of a sound like "bang," "pop," or "swish!"

200
What does, "He let the cat out of the bag" mean? Idiom or hyperbole?
What is idiom. This idiom means someone shared a secret.
200
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. This metaphor compares Brian to a wall because (A) He was very strong. (B) He was very tall. (C) He kept returning the balls. (D) His body was made of cells.
What is .... (C) He kept returning the balls.
200
What could, "The heat ripped the breath from her lungs!" mean?
What is ... it could mean it was so hot it hurt her lungs to breathe.
200

Say the following:

Can you keep the cat from clawing the couch? It's causing chaos.

200

The sound a lion makes is

What is "roar"

300
We have a ton of work to do this next month! Idiom or hyperbole and why?
What is .... hyperbole because it uses exaggeration to emphasize that we have a lot of work, but it doesn't really weigh a TON!
300
We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog! (1)Metaphor or Simile? (2)How do you know?
What is ... This is a metaphor because it does not use like or as to compare Tammy to a hog.
300

What does it mean when someone says, "The flowers danced with the wind?"

What is .... it means the flowers looked like they were dancing under because they were moving from side to side. The wind was actually blowing them. 

300

Say the following:

The greedy goats gobbled up all the grapes.

300

The sound a cat makes is

What is meow?

400
If you want to wish someone good luck on a performance, how many of the following idioms could you say? "Shake a leg," "You're dressed to the T," "Knock 'em dead," "It's raining cats & dogs"
What is 2 - you could say "Shake a leg," or "Knock 'em dead!"
400
To get 400 points you must answer all of the following: She is like a rainy day. (1) Is this a simile or metaphor? (2) How do you know? (3) What does it mean?
What is ... this is a simile because it uses the word like to compare the girl with a rainy day. Meaning: (Teacher can grade for appropriate meaning)
400

"Lightening raced across the sky," could mean what?

What is ... Lightening was moving fast in the sky.

400
Say the following:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

400

The sound that a dog makes is

What is a "bark"

500

For 500 points, Is the following statement a hyperbole or an idiom: Birds of a feather flock together. What does this mean?

What is .... an idiom. It means that people who are alike tend to be friends with each other.

500

This is a hard question ... one that many middle school and high school students might not get ... Shakespeare, a famous writer, once said, "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players." What do you think he meant?

What is ... he meant that life is like a play that we all have a part to perform in the play.

500

What does this sentence mean? 

The flowers begged for water.

500

Say the following:

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

500

the sound a bumblebee makes is

What is buzzzzzz

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