This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
Name two types of figurative language in this sentence:
Even though the test was really hard, I stayed as cool as a cucumber.
What are simile and alliteration?
100
This the word for a literary work, either spoken or written, that has unique style, language, and rhythm.
What is poetry?
100
Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
100
100 - The two R’s in RIPIIR stand for this word.
What is Read?
200
This is an example of what type of figurative language:
"Arf, arf, arf!" said Fido.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Name two types of figurative language in this sentence.
The dinghy danced on the ocean.
What are alliteration and personification?
200
This section of a poem could be compared to a section of an article of story.
What is a stanza?
200
Luke Luck licks lakes.
What is alliteration?
200
This is one of the "I's" in the RIPIIR poetry strategy.
What is "Imagine" or "Identify" or "Interpret"?
300
This an example of which type of figurative language:
"I have a million things to do."
What is hyperbole?
300
Name two types of figurative language in this sentence:
Sil's tires splashed and sprayed the sidewalk.
What are alliteration and onomatopoeia?
300
This poetic form is from Japan and is very popular in American classrooms.
What is haiku?
300
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
300
300 - This shows examples of which (two) types of figurative language:
“Row, row, row, your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.”
What are repetition, or rhyme, or rhythm?
400
"Mike’s microphone made much music." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is alliteration?
400
Read and name the figurative language types:
"The tires swooshed along the street in the slushy snow."
What are alliteration and onomatopoeia?
400
This is the word for the type of writing that is NOT poetry or drama (plays/dialogues).
What is prose?
400
He's as happy as a clam.
What is simile?
400
This is the name of the oldest known poem written in English.
What is Beowulf?
500
What figurative language is present in this line (hint: not alliteration)?
"My mother ate an apple and my father ate a pear."
What is rhythm?
500
Read and name the figurative language types:
"The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge"
from "Digging" by Seamus Heaney
What are onomatopoeia and alliteration?
500
BONUS QUESTION: DOUBLE THE POINTS.
This is another word for story or re-telling. It is also a type of poetry.
What is narrative?
500
Oink, hisss, moo, meow,
Bam! and boom! and bang! and pow!