What is a comparison that doesn't use like or as, but uses "be" verbs instead.
100
What is an idiom?
What is an expression that cannot be taken literally; native to one's own language.
100
What is a hyperbole?
What is an extreme exaggeration.
100
What is an onomatopoeia?
What is sound associated with a word.
200
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
What two things are being compared?
What is eye color and ocean.
200
Your room is a pig sty.
What two things are being compared?
What is room and a pig sty.
200
This test is a piece of cake.
What is the idiom in this sentence?
What is piece of cake.
200
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!
What is the hyperbole used in this example?
What is "...I could eat a horse!"
200
What sound is used in the following alliterative phrase?
Billy bounced the ball.
What is "b" sound.
300
What does this simile mean?
"...the muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands."
What is he is very strong/ he has very large muscles.
300
The coach's mood was a thunderstorm ready to explode.
What does this suggest about the coach?
He is very angry.
300
What does this idiom mean?
"Matt likes to call all of the shots."
What is Matt likes to be in control.
300
What is being personified in this sentence?
The broken glass in the window chewed on her hands.
What is broken glass.
300
What is a cliche?
What is an overly familiar or used expression.
400
The city streets were twanging like a harp.
What does this simile mean?
What is According to the speaker, the city streets were filled with a pleasant noise.
400
The noise is music to his ears.
True or False:
This metaphor suggest that the noise is unpleasant.
What is False.
400
What does this idiom suggest about the subject of the sentence?
He is really getting under my skin.
What is he is annoying or irritating the speaker.
400
What does this personification suggest to the reader?
Her old car wheezed as it went up the steep hill?
What is the car is making a noise that doesn't sound good OR The car isn't in good condition.
400
What does the cliche mean?
Mrs. Zerbee spilled the beans and told everyone about the surprise party.
What is Mrs. Zerbee shared a secret.
500
"The four strings of his violin were spinning like bees on a day in spring."
What does this simile suggest about the tempo/pace of the music being played?
What is the violinist is playing very fast music.
500
What is this metaphor suggesting about authority?
"Authority is a chair, it needs legs to stand up."
What is authority needs to be supported to work efficiently.
500
True or False:
If a true friends stays with you through thick and thin, he or she stands by your side through good times and bad times.
What is true.
500
What is the hyperbole in the example?
She received a million text messages last night.