Things
Words
Terms
Junk
Stuff
100

Her hair was silk.

What is a metaphor?

100

`She sells sea-shells by the sea shore.

What is an alliteration?

100

The wind spoke my name.

What is personification?

100

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

What is a hyperbole?

100

All hands on deck!

What is synecdoche?

200

The old man is as blind as a bat.

What is a simile?

200

Vegas won the Stanley Cup.

What is a synecdoche?

200

The bee buzzed past my ear and flew over the garden.

What is an onomatopoeia?

200

She just kicked the bucket.

What is an idiom?

200

SCUBA

What is acronym?

300

Her eyes were diamonds.

What is a metaphor?

300

The driver was clearly confused about where to turn to get to the zoo.

What is an oxymoron?

300

The wheels of the farmer's cart squeaked and clanked as they passed over the Texas gate.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

Mom told me to hit the books.

What is an idiom?

300

Black clouds started to gather over the distant hills.

What is foreshadow?

400

Joey set the table with a set of dishes that used to be his grandmother's.

What is a homonym?

400

The ball bounced across the gym.

What is alliteration?

400

Her laughing was infectious.

What is a gerund?

400

By looking at the broken glass and the knocked over desk, I think that someone broke into the classroom.

What is an inference?

400

An overused expression.

What is cliché?

500

The wind blew as he tried to wind the clock.

What is homograph?

500

Em to Greg: Gad! A dagger got me!

What is a palindrome?

500

The fire ran wild over the hills and turned the fields to dust.

What is personification?

500

Two peanuts were walking down the street.  One was a salted.

What is a pun?

500

Her skating was superb.

What is gerund?