comparison between two or more things that uses the words as, like, or than.
What is a Simile?
100
She gave him that im-too-good-for-you _____.
What word can be placed in the black to best complete the sentence.
A) Sandwich
B) Paper
C) Look
What is C?
200
Ive told you a million times to capitalize peoples names.
What is a Hyperbole?
200
Its Raining cats and dogs.
What is an Idiom?
200
"Buzzz" is an example of personification.
What is False?
200
When a word sounds like what it represents.
What is a Onomatopoeia?
200
"I agree," yelled Nick.
"Me too," screamed Sydney.
"Same here," whispered Kevon.
In order to fit the Magic 3 definition, what answer would be best.
A) "Same here," whispered Kevon.
B) Sydney and Nick left to the store
C) Scream, yell, and holler.
What is A?
300
After the baby ate 4 jars of sweet potatoes, he had on his you-have-to-change-my-diaper face.
What is a Hyphenated Modifier?
300
Katie’s plan to get into college was a house of cards on a crooked table.
What is a Metaphor?
300
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of a hyperbole.
What is True?
300
3 items in a series separated by commas that create a poetic rhythm or add support for a point.
What is Magic 3?
300
Formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, happy, sad, angry..
Are all examples of what Figurative language term?
A) Theme
B) Tone
C) Imagery
400
The sun winked at me through the clouds.
What is Personification?
400
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody too?
Then there's a pair of us-don't tell!
They'd banish us you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
how public, like a frog.
To tell your name livelong day
To an admiring bog!
What is Repetition for Effect?
400
In the twilight rain
these brilliant-hued hibiscus -
A lovely sunset
- Bashō
Is an example of Magic 3?
What is False?
400
An expression or phrase whose meaning can not be taken literally
What is an Idiom?
400
Over the _____
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
- Soseki
What word can be placed in the blank to complete the Haiku?
A) Wintry
B) Cockamamie
C) Tantalizing
What is A?
500
They say that scars are the road-map to the soul.
What is a Metaphor?
500
The crimson liquid spilled from the neck of the white dove, staining and matting its pure, white feathers.
What is Imagery?
500
Dashes are used to indicate a summarizing clause.
What is True? example..(Joe, Sean, Sammy, and I- all ate lunch today.)
500
The use of vivid sensory description to create mental pictures.
What is Imagery?
500
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
What could be the theme be for this poem The Road Not Taken by Robert frost.
A) Getting lost in the woods can be fun alone.
B) Sometimes taking a path that no one has ever been through can be worth it in the long run.
C) A long time ago the author got lost in the woods and chose a path that got him home.