Vocabulary
A bit of this and that
100

What word goes with the following definition: 

a literary device that (with a bit of imagination) compares two unlike things.

a) compare

b) syllable

c) metaphor

d) contrast

What is:

 metaphor

100

How many syllables are in the following:

Tanisha



What is:

3

200

What is NOT an example of a metaphor:

a) Jason's witt is a meteorite. 

b) Alicia eyes are diamond onyx.

c) The 5th graders are rollercoasters of emotions.

d) The 5th graders went to the Sandias to learn about ecosystems.



 

What is: 

d) 

200

The following is the definition for what word:

represent (a quality or concept/idea) by a figure (e.g., cat/dog) in human form.

What is:

personify

300

True or False

A syllable is: a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed (stopped) and which can be combined with a vowel. 

What is:

False

This is the definition of a consonant.

300

The following is an example of what word:

Noah, Noah boboah banana fana fofoah me my momoah...yeah...Noah 



What is:

rhyme

400

Give 2 examples of personification.

1. 

2. 

What is:

1. When you put ....

2. 

400

T/F In the book:  WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY, the sentence:  "Sophie is a volcano ready to explode." Is an example of personification.  

What is:

False

metaphor

500

You know him as Taj.  That is short/a nick name for what? (you are allowed to use hangman to figure this out). 

Taj __ __ __ __ __


What is: 

Tajameia


500

How many syllables are there in the name:

Anthony Lopez

What is: 

Well?  How many???