It Means What?
Name It
And These Mean?
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The World Around Us
100
It is a comparison of 2 unlike things using the word "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
I ran like a cheetah in the 50 yard dash.
What is a simile?
100
A comparison of 2 unlike things that do NOT use the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
100
Her house is large enough to have its own zip code.
What is a hyperbole?
100
The birds are merrily singing to their chicks in the nest.
What is personification?
200
A description exaggerated for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
200
A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words.
What is idiom?
200
A comparison that is exaggerated.
What is hyperbole?
200
My sister is so mean that even a pit bull is afraid of her!
What is a hyperbole?
200
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is a simile?
300
Sound words.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
My favorite baseball player was up to bat. CRACK!! He hit the ball with all his power and made a homerun!
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The use of words and descriptions in text that help a reader form a mental picture of what is happening.
What is imagery?
300
My teacher is so old....she taught cave men how to make a fire!
What is a hyperbole?
300
It is raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
400
Giving human characteristics to objects or animals.
What is personification?
400
The tree danced in the cool, refreshing breeze.
What is personification?
400
Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.
What is idiom?
400
I reached under the desk and grabbed the gross gum.
What is alliteration?
400
The forest was a green carpet.
What is a metaphor?
500
The initial consonant sound is repeated at least twice in neighboring words or phrases.
What is alliteration?
500
The sight, sound, smell remind me of the seashore.
What is alliteration?
500
It cost an arm and a leg.
What is an idiom?
500
POW!! He just got knocked out!
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The crows ran away from the bee.
What is personification?
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