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GCFL
NONSENSE 1
NONSENSE 2
100

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

simile

100

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

personification

100

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

alliteration

100

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo believes she is dead. What type of irony is this?

Dramatic Irony

100

Pickles start out as which vegetable?

Cucumbers 

100

Cat is to kitten as dog is to ________.

Puppy

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

If a pencil is like a sword, what does an eraser represent?

A shield, because it defends against mistakes.

200

Battery is to flashlight as ________ is to car 

engine 

300

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

personification

300

If someone says ‘don’t cry over spilled milk,’ what are they telling you?

Don’t worry about things that have already happened and cannot be changed.

300

Identify the figurative language: "You had my heart inside your hand"

hyperbole

300

What type of figurative language is in this line from Robert Frost: ‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’?

Imagery

300

What is your body's largest organ?

your skin

300

What does it mean to ‘let the cat out of the bag’?

To reveal a secret.

400

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

metaphor

400

Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.

idiom

400

What type of sound device is used in the line from Eminem’s Lose Yourself: ‘His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy’?

assonance

400

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

Hyperbole.

400

How many bones do sharks have?

none

400

Bee is to hive as bear is to ________.

Den 

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.

metaphor

500

We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

simile

500

What type of irony is being used when someone steps outside into a hurricane and says, ‘What nice weather we’re having!’?

Verbal Irony

500

Whose hand is this?

Buzz Lightyear

500

Chef is to food as sculptor is to ________.

Stone