Definitions
Examples
Identify
Finish the Idiom
Meaning
100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.

What is personification?

100

Identify the figurative language "Prior planning prevents poor performance."

What is alliteration?

100

Barking up the wrong ________.

What is "tree"?

100

You are as strong as an ox.

What is you are very strong?

200

This type of figurative language is a when the word imitates the sound.

What is onomatopoeia?

200

Name the figurative language: I have a million things to do.

What is hyperbole?

200

Identify the figurative language: "I had to walk a crossed the whole world."

What is hyperbole?

200

The _________ in the room.

What is an "elephant"?

200

Don’t cry over spilled milk

What is there’s no reason to complain about something that can’t be fixed?

300

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

300

Name the figurative language: awfully good, clearly confused

What is oxymoron?

300

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

300

Don’t count your ________ before they ________.

What is "chickens" and "hatch"?

300

You are on thin ice

What is if you make another mistake, there will be trouble?

400

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400

Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.

What is an idiom?

400

Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.

What is onomatopoeia?

400

Hit the _______ on the________.

WHat is "nail" and "head"?

400

Birds of a feather flock together

What is people who are alike are often friends?

500

This type of figurative language uses two apparently contradictory terms together.

What is an oxymoron?

500

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

500

Identify the figurative language: "Costs an arm and a leg."

What an idiom?

500
Once in a __________________ __________________ (hint: color is involved)

What is "blue moon?"

500

Don’t give up your day job

What is you’re not very good at what you are doing?

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