What is being compared?
Which is it?
Simile or Metaphor?
Idioms
Proverbs
100
John is as slow as a snail.
John's slowness is being compared to a snail's slowness.
100
Birds of a feather flock together
Proverb/Idiom
100
My grandpa walks as slow as a turtle.
Simile
100
What is an idiom?
An expression that doesn't mean exactly what the words say.
100
What is a proverb?
a pratical saying expressed simply
200
Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Her cheeks being red are being compared to the redness of a rose.
200
He is the apple of my eye.
Metaphor/Idiom
200
My cat roared like a lion.
Simile
200
Give an example of an idiom.
Don't let the cat out of the bag, two peas in a pod, etc.
200
Name a proverb you remember and what it means.
Answers may vary.
300
He was as quick as lightning.
His quickness is being compared to the quickness of lightning.
300
Franklin has a heart of gold.
Idiom or Metaphor
300
He was a walking encyclopedia.
Metaphor
300
It took him two seconds to drive here.
What is hyperbole?
300
What does "Don't judge a book by it's cover" mean?
Don't judge someone before you get to know them.
400
My mom is a teddy bear.
Mom is being compared to a teddy bear.
400
She woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
Idiom
400
This pizza is as cold as ice!
Simile
400
Give the idiom that matches fills in the blank: "The test was so easy, it was a _______ __ ____!
Piece of cake
400
What does "a watched pot never boils" mean?
The long you anticipate something, the longer it is going to seem to take.
500
My teacher is an angel.
Comparing teacher to angel.
500
She was as tall as a giraffe.
Simile
500
He is a giant in his class, towering a foot over his classmates.
Metaphor
500
Give the literal and figurative meaning of "cool as a cucumber"
Literal: cool as a cucumber Figurative: relaxed
500
"Action speak louder than words" means?
What you actually do means more than what you say you will do.
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