Idioms are an example of __________ and literal language usage.
What is figurative?
100
All idioms originated from literature.
(True or False)
What is false? (Idioms come from literature, history, proverbs, and slang as well as other sources.)
100
This figure of speech compares two things that are very different.
What is a metaphor?
100
The use of slang is appropriate for formal conversations.
(True or False)
What is false? (Slang refers to "casual language".)
100
A mismatch of ideas or thoughts that trigger a humorous response such as smiling or laughing.(jokes and riddles)
What is humor?
200
Idioms are a frequently used and a commonly accepted part of our language.
True or False
What is true?
200
Idioms make more sense when translated __________________
(figuratively or literally).
What is literally?
200
This figure of speech compares two things by using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
In the sentence, "I'm going to my crib and raid the fridge.", the word "crib" refers to this.
What is "house" or "home"?
200
These are colorful statements used to convey or teach a general truth or lesson, especially of a moral nature.("Every cloud has a sliver lining.")
What are proverbs?
300
This is the literal meaning for "Keep it under your hat".
What is "Keep it a secret"?
300
The literal meaning for "It goes in one ear and out the other".
What is "You're are not listening to what I am saying"?
300
"The baby's skin feels as soft as cotton." is an example of this figure of speech.
What is a simile?
300
She is the "cream of the crop.", is an example of this figure of speech.
What is a cliché?
300
This figure of speech refers to words and expressions used by a certain group of people to mean something different than the expected definition.(e.g., "I'm going to "hang out" at his "crib.")
What is slang?
400
The literal meaning for "You're making a mountain out of a molehill".
What is "You think something is more important than it really is"?
400
The figurative meaning for "Starting the day out grumpy".
What is "Getting up on the wrong side of the bed"?
400
These two things are being compared in "She was a magnet to bad luck".
What is a "she" and "bad luck"?
400
The meaning for "A big fish in a small pond" refers to this.
a. To be a fisherman in college
b. To be an important person in a smaller group of people
What is "To be an important person in a smaller group of people"?
400
This figure of speech uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect. (e.g., "I could sleep for a year.")
What is a hyperbole?
500
This is the figurative meaning for "I am really nervous".
What is "I have butterflies in my stomach"?
500
The literal meaning for "Turn over a new leaf".
What is "changing your behavior for a better future"?
500
The meaning for the metaphor, "The kitchen was the heart of their home".
What is "Important events took place in their kitchen"?
500
This is what "flipping out" literally means.
What is "losing control of a situation"?
500
This figure of speech gives inanimate objects or abstractions human qualities or human forms.(e.g. "The flowers danced about the lawn.")