Metaphor, Simile, or Neither?
Definitions
Oxymoron or Hyperbole?
Idioms
Name the Figurative Language!
100
She is as sweet as candy.
Simile - "as" is the clue word, comparing SHE and CANDY.
100
the repetition of a single letter in the alphabet
Alliteration
100
Jumbo shrimp
Oxymoron - contradictory terms are used together
100
In last night's football game, the quarterback was in the spotlight for the whole game. What is the idiom, and what does it really mean?
"in the spotlight", meaning the center of attention
100
Buzz, splash, boom
Onomatopoeia
200
The bar of soap was a slippery eel.
Metaphor - BAR OF SOAP is compared to an EEL.
200
A word that sounds like the thing it refers to
Onomatopoeia
200
I'm so hungry I could eat a bear!
Hyperbole - exaggeration, you can't really eat a bear
200
The answer to my question came from out of the blue. What is the idiom, and what does it really mean?
"out of the blue", meaning it was unexpected
200
I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
Pun
300
My teacher doesn't like to be interrupted.
Neither - nothing is being compared.
300
speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions
Personification
300
"I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." - Mark Twain
Hyperbole- exaggeration, eyes can't stick out that much!
300
That person drives me up the wall! What is the idiom, and what does it really mean?
"drives me up the wall", meaning the person annoys me
300
The clouds raced each other across the sky.
personification
400
" The water made a sound like kittens lapping.” — The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Simile- "like" is the clue word, WATER and KITTENS LAPPING are being compared
400
A great exaggeration
hyperbole
400
The silence was deafening.
Oxymoron- SILENCE and DEAFENING are opposites!
400
Captain Kirk: If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are being released. Spock: How will playing cards help? WHAT is the idiom, and what does it really mean?
"If we play our cards right" , meaning if we do things correctly
400
Aunt Annie's alligators answered Alvin.
alliteration
500
"All the world's a stage..." - Shakespeare
Metaphor- the WORLD is compared to STAGE
500
groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words
idiom
500
"Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue." - Paul Bunyan
Hyperbole- exaggeration.
500
"I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last..." - Shakespeare (The Tempest) What is the idiom, and what does it really mean?
"in such a pickle", meaning in trouble
500
What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds.
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