Figurative Language
“She was as busy as a bee” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
my brother and me went to the store yesterday.
My brother and I went to the store yesterday.
Two words as a synonym for “tiny.”
Small, puny, little, dainty, etc.
This player is known as “The Joker” and led the Denver Nuggets to an NBA championship in 2023.
Who is Nikola Jokić?
This country is famous for inventing pizza.
What is Italy?
“The wind whispered through the trees” gives a human action to something nonhuman. This is called what?
What is personification?
I seen that movie last weekend with my cousins.
I saw that movie last weekend with my cousins.
This word means the opposite of “brave.”
What is cowardly?
This Canadian hockey legend is nicknamed “The Great One.”
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
“I’ve told you a million times!” is an example of this exaggerated figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
Each of the players have to bring there own water bottle to practice.
Each of the players has to bring his or her (or their) own water bottle to practice.
This word is the opposite of “generous.”
What is selfish?
This Florida-based NHL team won its first Stanley Cup in 2024.
Who are the Florida Panthers?
This famous civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
“Break a leg” is an example of this kind of figurative expression with a meaning different from the literal words.
What is an idiom?
Me and you was walking home when the rain start pouring and soaked are cloths.
We were walking home when the rain started pouring and soaked our clothes.
Two words that mean the same as “angry.”
Furious, Enraged, Livid, mad, infuriated
This martial art and combat sport originated in Japan and means “gentle way.”
What is Judo?
This famous detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” repeats beginning consonant sounds. This is called what?
What is alliteration?
mr. scarbro definetly hope i can spell the entiar sentance correctly, epsecially with ownly a few weeks left of school.
Mr. Scarbro definitely hopes I can spell the entire sentence correctly, especially with only a few weeks left of school.
This word is a synonym for “meticulous.”
What is careful?
This NBA player is nicknamed “The Greek Freak.”
Who is Giannis Antetokounmpo?
This fictional bear lives in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh?