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NONSENSE 1
100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.

What is personification?

100

Identify the figurative language "Prior planning prevents poor performance."

What is alliteration?

100

Name the figurative language: The lovely lilies looked as lively as ever.

Alliteration.

100

Pickles start out as which vegetable?

Cucumbers 

200

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.

Alliteration

200

Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.

Alliteration 

200

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

200

Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.

Metaphor.

200

How many oceans are there on earth?

5
300

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

300

Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.

Simile

300

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

300

Why do authors use figurative language? 

Depends 

300

What is your body's largest organ?

your skin

400

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400

Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.

What is an idiom?

400

Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BZZZ! 

What is onomatopoeia?

400

Name the figurative language: It is a million degrees outside!

Hyperbole.

400

How many bones do sharks have?

none

500

What does imagery mean?

Uses vivid descriptions that appeal to a readers' senses to create a strong mental picture

500

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

500

Identify the figurative language: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

What hyperbole?

500

Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.

Simile

500

Who’s hand is this? 

Buzz Lightyear