Definitions
What Compared to What
Examples of
Meaning of
Miscellaneous
100
This is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
What is a metaphor
100
Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
What is sand and days
100
Mad as a hatter
What is simile
100
Love is a rose
What is love is beautiful but it can hurt you like a rose is beautiful but it has thorns
100
This tone word means full of awe
What is reverent
200
This is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile
200
Conscience is a man's compass
What is conscience to compass
200
Mother Nature
What is Personification
200
She is a social butterfly
What is she has a lot of friends and she is popular
200
This tone word means angry because of injustice
What is indignant
300
This literary device gives human qualities to objects or animals
What is personification
300
Let us go then, you and I, while the evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table
What is evening and patient
300
My love is an ocean
What is Metaphor
300
When live gives you lemons, make lemonade
What is make the best out of a bad situation
300
This toneword means just giving facts, not opinion
What is objective
400
This means to determine the nature of a process concept, or work of art by identifying essential elements and then explaining how they are related.
What is analyzing
400
It was a wirlwind of romance that spun out of control.
What is a wirlwind and romance
400
The sun stretched its golden arms across the plains
What is personification
400
Justice is blind
What is Justice is objective
400
This tone word describes something that teaches a lesson
What is didactic
500
This means to carefully judge in relation to some standard, referring to advantages, limitations, and cost and benefits as appropriate.
What is evaluating
500
The dawn of civilization
What is dawn and civilization
500
But hark! What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!
What is metaphor
500
Snug as a bug in a rug
What is comfortable
500
This tone word means arrogant and stuck up
What is haughty
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