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Idiom or Hyperbole?
Metaphor or Simile?
Personification
Alliteration
Grab Bag
100

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
Idiom or hyperbole?

What is hyperbole?

100

"She is as pretty as a picture."
Simile or Metaphor?

What is simile ?

100

What is "personification."

What is giving a non-human thing human characteristics or qualities?

100
What is alliteration?
What is the same sound repeated in connected words?
100
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that is associated with the sound it describes.
200
"He let the cat out of the bag." Idiom or hyperbole?
What is idiom?
200

"The colorful, blooming flowers of spring are nature's grandest artwork."
Simile or Metaphor?

What is metaphor?

200

What is being personified in the following?

"The heat ripped the breath from her lungs!"

What is heat?

200

What is a word that would fit in the blank?

"Zach watched zillions of ______ zip by."

Teacher review.

200

Which type of figurative language is used in the following: 

"Don't judge a book by its cover."
A. simile
B. personification
C. idiom

What is C----idiom?

300

"We have a ton of work to do this next month!"

Idiom or hyperbole?
Why?

What is .... hyperbole? It uses exaggeration to emphasize that we have a lot of work, but it doesn't really weigh a TON!

300

"We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog!"

(1)Metaphor or Simile?
(2) Which two items are being compared?

(1) What is metaphor? (2) Tammy is compared to a hog

300

What does it mean when someone says, "Lightning danced across the sky."

It means the flash of light moved quickly around in the sky.

300
What is the purpose of alliteration?
To create a musical effect in writing.
300
Give an example of onomatopoeia.
Answers will vary.
400

If you want to wish someone good luck on a stage performance, which two idioms could you say?
A. Break a leg.
B. Barking up the wrong tree.
C. Knock 'em dead.
D. It's raining cats & dogs.

What are A and C ?

400

"She is like a rainy day.

(1) Is this a simile or metaphor?
(2) How do you know?

(1) What is simile? (2) It compares she to rainy day using the word "like."

400

What is being personified in the following?

"Ruri heard the last piece of pie calling her name."

What is pie?

400

Which sounds are alliterative in the following poem?

Franks and fries, and French fondue
Beans and burgers-- biscuits too
Fudge and beans; burritos with cheese
When I eat too much, I always sneeze!

What are /f/ and /b/ ?

400

Which type of figurative language is used in the following:
The basketball is like a heartbeat
Pounding rhythmically on the
Gymnasium floor.
The basketball is as smooth as butter
As it slides out of my hands and
Into the basket.

What is simile?

500

Share one idiom (not previously used in this game).

Answers will vary.

500

Share a simile in a sentence. (Not one already seen in this game.)

Answers will vary. Teacher will determine accuracy.

500
Write a sentence using personification.
Answers will vary. (teacher must check for correct response)
500
Write a sentence containing alliteration.
Answers will vary. (teacher will check for correct answers)
500

Is the meaning in the following literal or figurative?

"To prepare for the test tonight, she is going to hit the books hard."

figurative