DEFINITIONS
The definition of vow.
What is a solemn promise or pledge.
People who are considered different.
What is diversity.
Reality escapes me.
What is illusion?
No matter what is may cost me to carry out, I will never break my sacred ____________.
vow or illusion
What is vow?
The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
What is a metaphor?
The definition of sage.
What is a wise person?
To finally have relief from something.
What is slake?
To be calm and delightful.
What is infuriate?
A great teacher not only makes the material of the course understandable but also ___________ the students to want to learn more.
infuriates or motivates
What is motivates?
Identify the figurative language in the sentence.
What is personification?
What is a cacti saluting, a plant can not do that?
The definition of gloat.
What is to look at or think about with great intensity and satisfaction; to take great personal joy in?
To take great personal joy in defeating your opponent.
What is gloat?
What is a sage?
As the defense attorney left the courtroom, he was __________ by a group of eager reporters trying to get a statement from him.
infuriated or waylaid
What is waylaid?
Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.
What is a hyperbole?
The definition of illusion.
What is a false idea; to see or to be aware of that really does not exist?
What is waylay?
To be hindered and rendered helpless.
What is motiviate?
She is never bored because she has a great ______________ of interests, ranging from folk dancing to mathematics.
enigma or diversity
What is diversity?
Write your own simile.
What is using "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?
The definition of slake.
What is to satisfy, relieve or bring to an end?
Something extremely puzzling, can not be understood.
What is an enigma?
To breach the contract.
What is vow?
Many view the author and playwright, Shakespeare, as the timeless _________ and constantly use his words to give advice.
illusion or sage
What is sage?
After going to the zoo, the movies, and then the mall, Caroline was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.
What type of figurative language is this and what does it mean?
What is an idiom?
What is Caroline trying very hard to help her nieces have a good time?