Lets see what you know
If you are not afraid of doing something, you...take the bull by the __________.
horn
He is as quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
He is older than the hills.
What is he is very old?
I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings (By Maya Angelou)But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill …
And his tune is heard on the distant hill for
The caged bird sings of freedom.
The entire poem is rich with metaphor as a bird in a cage represents a group of people who are oppressed and cannot get freedom. The cage represents physical barriers, fear, addiction, or society; while the song of the bird represents true self yearning for something greater in life.
The camera loves me.
What is personification?
If your plans are not definite, they are.....up in the ______.
air
Get me out
Into the nighttime
Four walls won't hold me tonight
If this town
Is just an apple
Then let me take a bite
If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
If this town is just an apple then let me take a bite.
He his ready to explore everything that New York has to offer. He will not stay in.
If you are making a small problem seem like a big problem, you are.....making a mountain out of a _____________.
molehill
The Raven (By Edgar Allen Poe)
Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary;
rare and radiant maiden;
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain …
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Poe uses alliteration by repeating the /w/ sound to emphasize the weariness of the narrator, and then /r/ and /s/ sounds in the second and third lines respectively. In the last two lines, the /d/ sound highlights the narrator’s hopelessness
If there are plenty of something, they are....a dime a ______________.
dozen
Ain't no sunshine when she gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she gone
She's always gone too long
Bill Withers
A metaphor referring to the weather; sunshine for happiness. In this case there is no happiness as long as she is gone.
If someone is having a hard time telling you something, s/he is.........beating around the _______.
bush
The Base Stealer (By Robert Francis)
Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,
Now bouncing tiptoe like a dropped ball,
Or a kid skipping rope, come on, come on! …
Taunts them, hovers like an ecstatic bird,
He’s only flirting, crowd him, crowd him,
The similes and word choice of this poem makes it a masterpiece. The poet use similes between the lines to depict his scattered thoughts before taking action, and makes comparison as, “like a tight-rope,” “like a dropped ball,” and “hovers like an ecstatic bird"
If someone is a family member, they are your....flesh and _______________.
blood
Listen baby, ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low, ain't no river wide enough baby
If you need me call me no matter where you are
No matter how far don't worry baby
Just call my name I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry
'Cause baby there ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you babe
Mountains and seas or water can be symbols for obstacles, in this case there is not an obstacle that will keep them a part.
If something is very difficult to find, it's like.....looking for a needle in a ____________.
hay stack
Rivers (By Langston Hughes)
Consonance, Simile
“I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”
Our speaker has known rivers. He says so in a way an old man telling stories to his grandchild might comment on people that he’s known in his lifetime: "I’ve known some people. "Because these rivers are as old as the planet Earth (they share the same birthday), they are naturally older than humans, older than the blood that gives life to humans. Our speaker’s soul is old and has lived through much.
If someone is feeling sad, s/he is........down in the ____________.
dumps
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper
Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
Someone has tried to tear her down but she will rise like a skyscraper.
If you and someone else are in the same situation, you are.......in the same _____________.
boat
The Week of Diana (By Maya Angelou)
The dark lantern of world sadness has cast its shadow upon the land.
We stumble into our misery on leaden feet.
Our minds seek to comprehend the unknowable and our hearts seek to
Measure a tomorrow without the Sunshine Princess.
Her hands which had held bright tiaras and jeweled crowns,
Also stroked the faces of pain along
Angola’s dusty roads.
The world is now sadden by the lost of Princess Diane's death.