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 and uses the word "like".
"Like an explorer charting a new land’s mountains and rivers and forests, Gallant has been mapping brains."
What is a simile? It is a comparison using "like". 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.
Allusion
What is a reference to another literary work, person, idea, or event. It is an implied meaning.
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? This is a commonly used phrase for a good idea / invention. A pun is a witty play on words.
"Fate won't hurry. We'll don't worry"
- Love Will Find a Way
What is personification? Fate is not a human that can hurry. It means that what they want, being together, won't occur quickly /soon.
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? Onomatopoeia includes sound words.
During every game Jackie Robinson was fighting a Civil War.
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 for respect and equal treatment.
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 an Allusion
False. What is an idiom? An allusion is reference to another literary work etc. while an idiom is a commonly known phrase.
"Jim Crow didn't push her around"
- The girl who got arrested (Claudette Colvin)
What is personification. The Jim Crow is referencing the laws used against African Americans. It means that the laws didn't scare nor discourage her 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?
He was a raging volcano threatening to erupt.
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? A hyperbole is an exaggeration. This is a direct comparison where Mrs. Heward is calling someone treasure to say they are valuable.
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.