Parts of Speech
Figurative Language Definitions
Figurative Language Examples
Words from the Text
Cowabunga
100

A person, place, or thing

What is a noun?

100

A comparison between two unlike things using a form of the word "to be" (is, was, are, etc.)

What is a metaphor?

100

Bruno Mars belts out brilliant, bold ballads.

What is Alliteration?

100

a member of the staff at a church 

What is a minister?

100

This animal almost never lies down, even when resting or sleeping.

What is a horse?

200

An action word or a state or being

What is a verb?

200

A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

200

I’ve listened to Bruno Mars' song a million times, and I still can’t get enough of it!

What is a hyperbole?

200

a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.

What is shame?

200

The correct opinion in the Drake vs. Kendrick debate (according to Ms. A)

Who is Kendrick?

(duh)

300

A word that connects words, phrases, or sentences

What is a conjunction?

300

A description that appeals to one or more of the five senses

What is imagery?

300

Ka-Boom!

What is onomatopoeia?

300

the border or outer edges of an area or group.

What are fringes?

300

The name of the Australian break-dancer that broke the internet with her sub-par skills 

Who is RayGun?

400

A word that describes a relationship (or position) of two nouns.

What is a preposition?

400

An exaggeration used to emphasize a point

What is a hyperbole?

400

The music danced through the room, filling every corner with joy.

What is personification?

400

(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.

What is convoluted?

400

This teacher on Team Fire is a former combat medic

Who is Ms. Duncan?

500

A sound word that expresses a strong emotion

What is an interjection?

500

Two words with opposite meanings used together

What is an oxymoron?

500

She gave him a bittersweet smile.

What is an oxymoron?

500

a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word

What is a syllable?

500

This teacher on Team Fire is now world-renown for her breakdancing skills

Who is Ms. Patterson?

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