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Which definition is it?
Figuring out Figurative Language
Words in a sentence
Personify me...
What....
100
Mandy watched the baby birds without distubing the nest Choose the best definition of "disturbing" based on the context of the sentence: 1. seeing 2. building 3. rejecting 4. bothering
What is bothering?
100
Jordyn and I were like two peas in a pod when we were younger. You never saw one of us without the other. What does "two peas in a pod" mean?
What is inseparable, best friends, or never apart? at 25 points if they identify this as a simile!
100
The fifth graders will organize a clean-up day for the school? What the word "organize" means in this sentence.
What is to plan?
100
What is the meaning of the after a long day the couch is calling my name?

That you want to rest on the couch because it looks cozy after a long day.  

100

What is personification?

Giving human like qualities to objects.

200
The coach had a blank look on his face. Choose the best definition of blank based on the context of the sentence: 1. not written on 2. without expression 3. center spot of a target 4. mark where a word was left out
What is without expression?
200
The mold crawled across the food that Mark kept in his refridgerator too long. Explain what "mold crawled across the food means."
What is the mold spread over the food because it was old. Add 50 points if they identify this as personification.
200
In the story, the turtle tried to persuade the rabbit to have a race. The word "persuade" means this.
What is to convince?
200
What does the wind howled against the window mean?

What is wind moving loudly against the window

200

What is a simile? Bonus if you can write a simile.

Comparing two things using like or as.
300
The price of a train ticket will double next month. Choose the best definition of "double" based on the context of the sentence: 1. a fold 2. a twin 3. having two layers 4. be twice as much
What is twice as much?
300
For Joel, the test was a piece of cake. Tell what the idiom "piece of cake" means.
What is "Joel thought the test was easy."
300
King Arthur was a legendary leader. The word "legendary" means this.
What is famous?
300

Create a personification statement to describe the sun on a hot day.  

Answers will vary. 

The sun stood proudly in the sky.

300

What is a metaphor?  Bonus if you can write a metaphor.  

A comparison of two things. 
400
The woman wrote a check to pay for her groceries. Choose the best definition for "check" based on the context of the sentence: 1. an inspection 2. a positive mark 3. a written order given to a bank 4. a ticket showing ownership
What is a written order given to a bank?
400
The vase fell and shattered into a million pieces. Idenify the type of figurative language, what it means and why this type of figurative language is used.
What is hyperbole? What is extreme exaggeration? What is it is used in order to make a point about what is going on and to create interest in a story? If they get 1-2 parts right, 250 points. Full points if all 3 parts are correct.
400
Allison felt jubilant when she heard the wonderful news. "Jubliant" means this.
What is joyful?
400

Create a personification statement that describes flowers moving side to side under the moonlight.  

The flowers were dancing, swaying, .... under the moonlight.  

400

What is a hyperbole?  Bonus if you can write one.

An extreme exaggeration.  

500
The road up the mountain was rough. Choose the best definition for "rough" using the context of the sentence: 1. a person that is rude 2. a job that is done quickly 3. a coat of hair that is shaggy 4. a place that is hard to travel on
What is a place that is hard to travel on?
500
I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step ... And neigh like Boanerges Ten, punctual as a star, Stop---docile and omnipotent--- At its own stable door. Identify what this train is being compared to.
What is a horse?
500
The teacher lectured about safety rules. This is the meaning of lectured.
What is gave a serious speech (half credit if they just said gave a speech)
500

What could, "The heat ripped the breath from her lungs!" mean?

What is ... it could mean it was so hot it hurt her lungs to breathe.

500

What is alliteration? Bonus if you can write an example of alliteration.  

Alliteration repeats the same beginning sound....sally sells seashells by the seashore.