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Figurative Language
Hodgepodge
100

This word means to have muscular strength.

What is brawny or brawn?

100

This word means to be feeling or appearing calm and relaxed; not showing any anxiety.

What is nonchalant?
100

A useful and desirable thing or quality.

What is an asset?

100

The following is an example of what...

He ate like a pig.

She was as pretty as a picture.


What is simile?

100

This character is the protagonist of The Outsiders.

Who is Ponyboy?

200

A young person who is guilty of illegal behavior.

What is a delinquent?

200

This word means a strong feeling that something is about to happen.

What is premonition?

200

To increase the volume of sound.

What is amplify?

200
This figurative language is an example of...


I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.

I'm dying of laughter.

Her smile is a mile wide.

What is hyperbole?

200

The name of the poem that develops the theme of the novel and the poet.

What is Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost?

300

This word means to beg someone for something.  

What is to implore?
300

This word means to be deeply affected as with grief, fear, or other emotions.

What is stricken?

300

To be in a temporary state of wild excitement or restlessness, often caused by illness.

What is delirious?

300
The following is an example of this type of figurative language


You are my sunshine.

He is a dog.

What is metaphor?

300

The following is an example of this type of figurative language

It's a piece of cake!

I'm feeling under the weather.

Break a leg!


What is an idiom?

400

This word means unclear or indefinite.

What is vague?

400
To formally state that someone is not guilty.

What is to acquit?

400

This word means to be not friendly; cool and distant.

What is aloof?

400

The following is an example of this type of figurative language


Whoosh!  Screech!  Meow!  Buzzzz! 

What is onomatopoeia?

400

This is an antonym for one of your vocabulary words

Friendly

What is aloof?

500

To be brave or noble.

What is gallant?

500

This word means to be looked down upon or disrespected; judged to be worthless.

What is contempt?

500

To be filled with or expressing anger caused by something unjust.

What is indignant?

500

The following is an example of this type of figurative language


The clouds danced across the sky.

Her alarm clock screamed at her to wake up.

What is personification?

500

This is an antonym for one of your vocabulary words

cowardly

What is gallant?

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