Idiom or
Hyperbole?
Hyperbole?
Metaphor
or Simile?
or Simile?
Personification or
Alliteration
Alliteration
Cliche or
ONOMATOPOEIA
ONOMATOPOEIA
100
The townspeople say Grandma’s flowers are the most
exquisite flowers in the entire world!
Idiom or hyperbole?
an exaggeration used to make or prove a point
is hyperbole - an exaggeration used to make or prove a point
100
Grandma would stand as proud as a peacock.
Metaphor or simile?
What is a simile.
A comparison of unlike things using
‘like’ or ‘as’
100
The roses wept for their smashed
friends.
What is personification
giving a non-human thing human characteristics or qualities.
100
...a bee’s buzzing would break the silence.
What is ... ONOMATOPOEIA
words that make sounds
200
It was only once in a blue moon that the flowers
did not bloom.
Idiom or hyperbole?
What is idiom. A word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
200
Towering above the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the petunias.
Metaphor or Simile?
What is a metaphor!
a comparison of unlike things that says something is
another thing
200
Stooping to the ground, Sarah smelled the sweet,
scarlet flower.
What is ... Alliteration
when two or more words begin with the same initial sound
200
For 200 points...
Bark
Cliche or onomatopoeia?
What is Onomatopoeia
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
Poets make pets of pretty words.
What is .... alliteration
300
Don't play with fire
Cliche or Onomatopoeia?
What is CLICHE
400
For 400 points, correctly say a popular/famous hyperbole
SLP will greade
400
say: a famous metaphor
SLP will grade
400
My flowers were begging for water
personification or alliteration?
What is personification
400
There are plenty more fish in the sea
Cliche or Onomatopoeia?
What is Cliche
500
For 500 points, you must correctly say one hyperbole and one idiom (not previously used in this game).
What is .... (Teacher must check for points)
500
This is a hard question ... one that many junior high students and high school students might not get ... Shakespeare, a famous writer, once said, "All the world's a stage." What do you think he meant?
What is ... he meant that life is like a play and we are all performing every day.
500
For 500 points, you must correctly make up a sentence using personification.
What is .... (teacher must check for correct response)
500
For 500 points, state a common used cliche
SLP will grade