idiom
what is it?
simile or metaphor
vocab
picture this (onomatopoeia and allusion)
100
go on a wild goose chase
do something pointless
100
the calm lake was a mirror
metaphor
100
he is as brave as a lion
very brave
100
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things
simile
100
My dog went bark-bark
My dog went bark-bark
200
get a taste of your own medicine
stop being a negative nelly
200
he is a shinning star
metaphor
200
my dog is as fluffy as a teddy bear
very fluffy
200
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
metaphor
200
Don't act like a scrooge!
being angry all the time.
300
give someone the cold shoulder
ignore someone
300
my dad is as hard as a fridge
simile
300
the snow is a white blanket
very white snow
300
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).
idiom
300
My horse went he-Haw
he-haw
400
good things come to those who wait
be paicent
400
the leaves are as green a a mint
very green
400
he is as bright as a light
very happy and bright
400
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
the use of onomatopoeia for rhetorical effect.
onomatopoeia
400
he studys all the time he is a regular einstein!
Very Smart
500
its not rocket science
it's not complacted
500
my pig went oink-oink
onomatopiea
500
My dog is as vicious as a tiger
very vicious
500
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
aullusion
500
The ghost went boo-boo
spooked you