Figurative Language
The alarm clock broke the silence with a piercing sound that filled the room, its persistence unyielding, refusing to be ignored.
What is personification?
The fire flickered and flared, its flames twisting unpredictably.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is alliteration?
This term refers to part of a burial ceremony.
What is pyre?
Although Jack slipped the stolen item in his pocket in a _________ manner, the security officer saw his movement and questioned him.
What is furtive?
Under their white fur a polar bear’s skin is this color.
What is black?
He let the cat out of the bag, the truth slipping out before he could stop it.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is idiom?
The breeze in the trees carried whispers with ease.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is internal rhyme?
This term means death.
What is demise?
The ________ king ruled with compassion, ensuring that even the poorest in his kingdom had food, shelter, and dignity.
What is benevolent?
M&M's, Snickers, and Milky Way are products from this chocolate brand.
What is Mars?
His excitement could have powered an entire city for a week.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is hyperbole?
The fire crackled and popped, sending tiny sparks into the air.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is onomatopeia?
This word is an antonym for powerless.
What is omnipotent?
The students ________ through the rain-soaked field, their backpacks pulling them down as the school bell echoed in the distance.
What is trudged?
This was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
He navigated the tense conversation with the cunning of Odysseus steering through Scylla and Charybdis.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is allusion?
He felt the call of the bell’s dull toll in his chest.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is consonance?
This word is an antonym for clarify or explain.
What is confound?
The two neighbors, both known for their ________ tempers, turned a simple disagreement over a property line into a heated shouting match.
What is bellicose?
This famous writer is sometimes referred to as "the Bard."
Who is William Shakespeare?
Hope flickered in her chest, a flame flaring up and then petering out.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is metaphor?
The soft fog off the dock brought lost thoughts.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is assonance?
veracity : dishonesty :: ________ : honor
What is ignominy?
The team was ________ in their mission to rebuild the community center, working late into the night despite the setbacks.
What is resolute?
There are this number of countries in Africa.
What is 54?