Definition
A simile
What is a comparison that uses the words "like" or "as".
The following is a simile: "She imagined a lake, its surface as smooth as glass"- First Test
TRUE! The author is comparing a lake to glass.
The fireplace heater hissed and cracked.
What is a Onomatopoeia
"They had spent ages trying to work out all the possible combinations of the first message." - Tomorrow Code by Brain Falkner
What is a hyperbole? They are saying that they had spent a considerable amount of time working on the first message. It is an exaggeration because ages is a lot of time.
Personification
What is giving human qualities or behaviors to something nonhuman?
Pushy people proved to prefer picking their place is onomatopoeia.
False. What is Alliteration?
The fierce and furious wind pounded on the windows and doors with vengeance.
What is personification
Like an explorer charting a new land’s mountains and rivers and forests, Gallant has been mapping brains.
What is a simile? Gallants work of mapping a brain was similar to the work of an explorer working with newly identified geographical areas. Both revolutionary and requiring exploration.
An Idiom
What is a common phrase or expression that represents a non-literal meaning?
The phrase "cutting corners" is a metaphor.
False. What is an Idiom?
‘that you were Romeo, you were throwing
Pebbles
And my Daddy
Said ‘ stay away from
Juliet’
- Love Story by T.S.
What is an allusion!
"His pride was sore" - First Test by Tamora Pierce
What is personification? The person has been humbled or humiliated and has feelings of failure or disappointment.
Metaphor
What is a comparison of two things by saying one thing is the other. Not using "like" or "as".
The following is a metaphor: My car is so tiny a dust of wind is dangerous.
False! What is a hyperbole.
He has bigger fish to fry.
What is an idiom.
You've made your bed, now lie in it.
What is an idiom?: you must deal with and suffer the consequences of your actions or decisions.
Hyperbole
What is an exaggeration to make a point.
Best thing since sliced bread is a hyperbole.
FALSE! What is an Idiom?
All books are either dreams or swords...
What is a Metaphor.
As autumn walks the earth again
Temperatures decrease steadily
The beauty of nature on every trees chin
But it only visits temporarily
Then Loneliness wanders through men
We begin to live warily
What is personification. The poem describes the changes that accompany the transition to autumn. This includes changes in temperature and leaves changing colors. "walks" "visits" "chin" --> tree