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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?
Hyperbole
100
She is as pretty as a picture. Simile or Metaphor?
Simile
100
What is Personification?
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics or qualities
100
What is alliteration?
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?
Idiom
200
The colorful, blooming flowers of spring are nature's grandest artwork. Simile or Metaphor?
Metaphor
200
What is being personified in the following?


 "The heat ripped the breath from her lungs!" ?

Heat.
200
Finish this alliteration...


Mark made millions of ___________________.

Any word that starts with M!
200
Which type of figurative language is used in the following: Always remember that you cannot 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?
Hyberbole. 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) Metaphor 


(2) Tammy is compared to a hog

300
What does it mean when someone says, "The flowers danced with the moonlight?"
It means the flowers were moving from side to side as if they were dancing.
300
Complete this alliteration...


Zack zoomed by _______________.

Any word that begins with Z!
300
Give an example of onomatopoeia.
Teacher will check for accuracy...
400
If you want to wish someone good luck on a stage performance, which idioms could you say? 


A. Shake a leg. B. Barking up the wrong tree. 

C. Knock 'em dead. D. It's raining cats & dogs.

A and C
400
She is like a rainy day. 

 (1) Is this a simile or metaphor?

 (2) How do you know?

(1) Simile


 (2) It compares she to rainy day using the word "like."

400
What is being personified in the following?


 The tree arrested the on-coming deer.

The tree
400
In the following alliteration, which is the repeated SOUND?


Frank found fifty fish in Frankfurt.

The repeated sound is FFFFFFF.
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.

Simile
500
Tell me one idiom that was not used in this game so far
Teacher will check for accuracy.
500
Create a simile not already used in this game
Teacher will check for accuracy
500
Give me an example of personification.
Teacher will check for accuracy. 
500
Create an alliteration sentence.
Teacher will check for accuracy
500
Is the meaning in the following literal or non literal? 


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

Non-literal