Lightening danced across the sky.
What is the clue verb?
Danced
100
The world is a stage.
What two things are being compared?
World to stage.
BONUS: What type of figurative language is this?
100
That quiz was a piece of cake.
What does "piece of cake" mean?
Piece of cake means it was easy.
200
He's a bear in the morning.
Metaphor
200
The teacher told us to be quiet like....
(name something quiet)
200
Traffic crawled slowly along the highway.
What is the clue verb?
crawled
200
If I say, "the directions were as clear as mud", what does that mean?
It means the directions were not clear and I did not know what to do. Mud is NOT clear.
200
My mom's new car costs an arm and a leg.
What does "arm and a leg" mean?
A lot of money.
300
Mr. Morris munches on many milky ways.
Alliteration
300
My dad was as mad as a .....
(name something that gets mad)
300
The flowers were begging for water.
What is the clue verb?
BEGGING
300
Is something is "as cheap as dirt", what does that mean and why?
Cheap as dirt means something is not expensive. Dirt is free, you do not have to pay for it!
300
If I don't hit the books, I won't pass the test!
What does "hit the books" mean?
Study hard
400
My grandma is as old as dinosaurs.
hyperbole
400
We were like silly....
name something that is silly
400
The thunder grumbled like it was angry.
What is the subject being personified?
Thunder
400
The students felt as free as birds when school ended.
What is being compared?
students are compared to birds.
400
My mom will let me get a dog when pigs fly.
What does "when pigs fly" mean?
Pigs cannot fly! So it means something is very unlikely to happen.
500
The trees whispered in the wind
Personification
500
Make up an example of alliteration using the letter "L"
Larry loves licking lollipops.
500
My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
What is the subject being personified?
Alarm clock
500
This poem is an example of what?
Hockey is my favorite sport
On the ice or street
Cool and fun
Keep on playing
Exercise and stronger
You should try
Acrostic- the first letter in each line spells HOCKEY
500
My dad said we should be nice to everyone because you can't judge a book by its cover.
What does "you can't judge a book by it's cover" mean?
You do not know a book just by looking at it. You can't know a person just by looking at them either.
Do not think you know someone just by the way they look!