An idiom that means it is raining really hard outside?
What is ITS RAINING CATS AND DOGS?
100
A pun is...
What is A PLAY ON WORDS
100
An oxymoron is...
What is A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH APPARENTLY CONTRADICTORY TERMS APPEAR IN CONJUNCTION?
100
An anagram is...
What is A WORD, PHRASE, OR NAME FORMED BY REARRANGING THE LETTERS OF ANOTHER
EXAMPLE: cinema formed from iceman.
100
Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings is the definition of:
What is HOMOPHONES?
200
The meaning of the idiom of WHO LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG is?
What is YOU GAVE AWAY THE SURPRISE/SECRET?
200
What word makes the following sentence a pun?
When she got married she got a new name and a dress.
What is A dress...or ADDRESS?
200
An example of an OXYMORON used in the book "PUNISHED!""
What is Jumbo Shrimp, Red Hot Chili, Freezer burn, Old News, Student Teacher.
200
A palindrome is...
WHAT IS a WORD, PHRASE, OR SEQUENCE THAT READS THE SAME BACKWARD AS FORWARD.
examples: madam or nurses run.
200
Two meanings of the word PARK are:
What is a large public green area in a town, used for recreation (playground) AND a place where you bring your vehicle to a stop and temporarily leave in that place (ex: side of the road)
300
An idiom that means you are blaming the wrong person
What is BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE?
300
What word in the following sentence makes it a pun?
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it's two-tired.
What is two-tired or TOO TIRED?
300
Which of the following is NOT considered an oxymoron?
Big Gorilla, Found Missing, or Act Naturally?
What is BIG GORILLA?
300
School master turned into The classroom is an example of...
What is Anagram?
300
Use the multiple meaning word LEFT in two sentences expressing the double meaning:
What is I left my phone at home. AND I parked on the left side of the road.
400
The meaning of the idiom DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW:
What is DON'T TAKE ON MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE?
400
What word in the following question/statement makes the sentence a pun?
Remember the Italian chef? He pasta away.
What is pasta away or PASSED AWAY?
400
Which of the following is considered an oxymoron?
Big loser, Happy Face, or Pretty Ugly
What is PRETTY UGLY?
400
ANNA = ANNA spelled backwards is an example of a:
What is Palindrome?
400
Give an example of a multiple meaning word:
What is (INSERT CORRECT EXAMPLE HERE)
500
An idiom that means something that appears to be bad at first, but ends up being a good thing.
What is A BLESSING IN DISGUISE?
500
What word in the following sentence makes the sentence a pun?
Going seven days without food makes one weak.
What is weak or WEEK?
500
Which of the following is considered an oxymoron?
Crash landing, Possibly Maybe, Giant Tremendous
What is CRASH LANDING?
500
Bare turning into bear is an example of an:
What is an Anagram?
500
Come up with a multiple meaning word that you can find in the classroom: