This Is
is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Alliteration
We’re going to have to let you go.
You're fired.
Break the ice
To start a conversation or make people feel more comfortable.
Her mind is like a sponge
Simile
The phrase "Her mind is like a sponge" suggests that a person has which quality?
The ability to absorb and retain information easily.
is a figure of speech in which things are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.
Personification
gone to a better place
Passed away, died
Piece of cake
Something very easy to do.
"The classroom was a zoo"
Metaphor
The phrase "The classroom was a zoo" suggests that the classroom had which characteristic?
Easy, Friendly, or chaotic
It was chaotic
is the formation or the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
She is between jobs.
She doesn't have a job. Unemployed
Beat around the bush
To avoid talking about what’s important.
"Busy bacteria break down biological matter beneath the soil."
Alliteration
Although Mars has long been known to have ice, researchers are sitting on pins and needles hoping more evidence will reveal itself.
How do the researchers feel?
Researchers are nervous
is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
Hyperbole
Creative with the facts
dishonest
Take the bull by the horns.
To directly and confidently confront a difficult, dangerous, or uncomfortable situation rather than avoiding it
Although Mars has long been known to have ice, researchers are sitting on pins and needles hoping more evidence will reveal itself.
Idiom
“You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes.”
Based on the context, how does this person feel?
Scared
is a milder, less direct term that means the same thing as one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
Euphemism
Lost one's lunch
vomit
Hit the hay
On April 12, 1981, Columbia, as white as snow, launched its first mission, STS-1.
Simile
After a week of exams and working my part-time job, I told my mom I could sleep for a week.
Based on the context, how does this person feel?
He/she is extremely tired.