Figurative Language
Fill in the blank: Animal Idioms
Comparisons
Name that Poetic Device
100
It's all about your tone of voice, fascial expression, or other non-verbal cues when you use this figurative language, for example, "Thanks a lot, Mr. Smart".
Sarcasm.
This speaker is probably not really saying thank you because they already knew what you were trying teach them, or they think what was said was obvious.
100
"It's raining ____ and dogs!"
cats
100
What does the following metaphor mean: "she is an open book"?
Possible answers: she has nothing to hide, she willingly shares information about herself.
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration.
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
200
I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating!" is an example of what sort of figurative language?
Hyperbole. It is also an example of irony because the speaker is exaggerating about exaggeration!
200
My little sister walks so slowly! She walks "at a ______ pace".
snail's
200
Fill in the blank to complete this simile: "Mama always said 'life is ____ a box of chocolates".
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you're going to get.
200
Onomatopoeia.
300
"the sun did cartwheels across the sky" is an example of which poetic device?
Personification
300
I thought he was nice at first, but he turned out to be "a wolf in ______ clothing".
Sheep's
300
"This place is a zoo" is a metaphor meaning this room is:
a. loud and chaotic
b. smelly
c. messy
a. loud and chaotic
300
The flowers are in blossom.
Poetry is awesome!
Rhyme.
400
What type of joke, or wordplay, uses words that sound the same but have different meanings to be funny. For example: "Thanks for teaching me the word 'many', it means a lot.
This is a pun. It is using the multiple uses of the word "means".
400
Mom was frustrated with me for asking when we could leave the store, so she told me "hold your _____".
horses
400
What is the word for a comparison made using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
400
"I am" in the "I Am" poems, or "and the children" in "And the Children".
Repetition or anaphora.
500
How do you organize a space party?
You planet! (plan it haha)
500
I had never been to such a fancy restaurant before, so when I got there I felt like a "fish out of _____".
water
500
What is the word for a direct comparison made without words such as "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
500
What is the similarity between the following words: racecar, Hannah, and tacocat?
They are all palindromes! They spell the same thing backwards and forwards!