Figurative language
A metaphor using like or as
Simile
It: I found it in the water.
Pronoun.
Da bomb!
Cool, excellent, super rad.
This artist's album "Not Like Us" won both record and song of the year at the Grammy's this week.
Kendrick Lamar
This pair came to the PNW on a mission to explore the Louisianna Purchase.
Lewis and Clark
The repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words: Bees Buzz Because...
Alliteration
Pale: The pale car ran into the tree.
Adjective.
Bounce
To leave.
This female pop-icon became the first Black artist to win best country album at the grammy's this year.
Beyonce.
This British explorer mapped the Washington coast - and in 1779, he died in Hawaii.
James Cook
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.
Personification.
Verb.
Dip
See bounce.
This NFL QB won the NFL MVP award, last night.
Josh Allen
This family established a Christian mission in SE Washington and were massacred in 1847.
Whitman Mission/Whitman Massacre
Extreme exaggeration.
hyperbole
But: I like to go to the store, but I'm broke.
Conjunction
PHAT
Cool. (Pretty Hot and Tempting)
This NFL head coach won "Coach of the Year" last night.
Kevin O'Connell, Vikings.
This Spaniard was rumored to have "discovered" the Puget Sound before any other European explorer; we know have named a "strait" after him.
Juan de Fuca
Using words that sound like what they describe: "Bam!"
Onomatopoeia
6: He found 6 eggs.
Adjective
Mondo
Huge, or extreme
This artist won "Best New Artist" at the 2025 Grammys.
Chappell Roan
This Canadian Fur Trader explored the Columbia River, becoming the first to map the river.
David Thompson.