BY DEFINITION
NAME THAT FOS
METAPHOR, SIMILE, or NEITHER?
SURPRISE
BY EXAMPLE
100
A figure of speech that makes a comparison using the word(s) like or as.
What is a simile?
100
There was a tremendously loud crash outside my window.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
"Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong."
What is a simile?
100
Explain the idiom: He was on thin ice.
What is: He was getting into trouble.
100
Give an example of a sentence using onomatopoeia.
200
A phrase that is not taken literally but is known by a group of people from a certain region.
What is an idiom?
200
Betsy baked the best bread with bananas and blueberries?
What is alliteration?
200
My father grumbles like a bear in the mornings.
What is a simile?
200
What is being compared: The desert was as dry as a bone.
What is desert and bone?
200
Use personification in a sentence.
300
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
300
I had a ton of homework last night.
What is hyperbole?
300
The blanket was as soft as velvet.
What is neither? (It is literal because the blanket actually does feel like velvet)
300
What is an idiom that describes something as being very easy.
What is, "It was a piece of cake."
300
Use alliteration in a sentence.
400
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
What is personification?
400
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
400
Her hair flowed down her back.
What is neither?
400
Create an alliteration with the letter S
400
Use a hyperbole in a sentence.
500
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
500
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players...
What is a metaphor?
500
A brain is a house full of knowledge.
What is metaphor?
500
Create a simile about Despereaux
What is Ironic?
500
Use personification and simile in a sentence.
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