Puns or
Metaphor
Alliteration or
Slang
Personification or
Symbol
Onomatopoeia or
Idiom
Allusion or
Simile
100
What is a play on words that creates a humorous meaning to a sentence?
Pun
100
A tongue twister is a good way to remember this
What is alliteration?
100
Explain how the following is or is not an example of personification: She is hungry like a wolf.
False - this is a simile
100
True or False - Hiss is an example of onomatopoeia.
True
100
True or False - A simile is a comparison of two like things using like or as.
False - it is a comparison of two UNLIKE things.
200
A comparison whereby one is a symbol for the other.
What is a metaphor
200
True of False - The following is an example of alliteration: The day was weary and bleary and not too much fun.
False
200
What is the definition for personification?
Giving human qualities to a non-living thing
200
True or False - "Shattered" is an example of onomatopoeia.
False - it is not a sound
200
Explain the allusion in the following sentence: "The students parted like the Red Sea when the principal walked down the hall."
Moses parted the Red Sea in The Bible. The students moved out of the principal's way.
300
What is the play on words for the following: "The police were called into the daycare because the toddler was resisting a rest.
Police and resisting a rest (arrest)
300
What is the definition of alliteration
When the beginning sounds of words repeat.
300
What is being personified in the following statement: The cool water was calling my name.
Water
300
Identify onomatopoeia in the following sentence: The woman shrieked as the vase fell to the floor.
shreiked
300
True or False? The following is an example of a simile?: "The princess was a pretty rose in her new gown."
False
400
Write your own example of a metaphor.
Answers Vary
400
What are two purposes for slang?
1. Conceal what you are saying. 2. Make you part of a group. 3. Defies authority. 4. Makes some people feel special. 5. Excludes other peer groups.
400
What is the definition for a symbol?
1. A person, place or object that stands for something beyond itself. 2. Giving extraordinary meaning to something ordinary.
400
What is an example of an idiom?
A figure of speech not meant to be taken literally.
400
Explain the allusion in the following sentence: The handsome man swooped in like Superman and saved the day.
A nice looking gentleman came to the rescue of someone.
500
Write an example of a pun.
Answers vary.
500
What was the first slang word?
23 Skidoo
500
Give your own example of a symbol and explain.
Answers vary.
500
Write a sentence of your own that contains two examples of onomatopoeia.
Answers vary
500
Write you own example of a simile.
Answers vary
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