I compare things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is simile?
Write an example of alliteration.
Teacher check. Should be words with the same beginning sound.
True or False: A simile is a comparison using like or as.
What is true?
"Freshly fried flying fish!"
What is alliteration?
I give human traits to non living things
What is personification?
The car was like an oven in the parking lot.
What is simile?
Write an example of a simile.
Teacher check. Should use like or as
True or False: "She is a star!" is an example of personification.
False! What is metaphor?
Mr. Moe's hat is as flat as a pancake.
What is simile?
I imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
Sally sold seashells by the sea shore.
Neither! What is alliteration?
Write an example of a metaphor.
Teacher check. Should compare two things without using like or as
"I've told you a million times!" is a metaphor.
False! What is hyperbole?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
I am used to exaggerate
What is hyperbole?
The mop danced across the floor.
Neither! What is personification?
Write an example of hyperbole.
Teacher check. Should be an exaggeration
"Buzz!" "Wham!" "Boom!" are examples of onomatopoeia.
What is true?
Life is a highway.
What is metaphor?
A phrase that means something different from its literal words
What is an idiom?
He is a couch potato.
What is a metaphor?
Write an example of an idiom.
Teacher check. Should be a phrase different from its literal meaning
"His head is in the clouds" is an example of an idiom.
True
I am in a pickle!
What is idiom?