Figurative Language
Synonyms and Antonyms
Definitions
100

What is a simile?

A comparison using like or as.

100

Synonyms or antonyms?

Fired: hired

Antonyms
100

What is the definition of dead?

No longer living.

200

"My grandmother has a heart of gold."

Is the following sentence a simile or a metaphor?

Metaphor

200

Which of these is a synonym for wind?

A. Gale

B. Rain

C. Hail

A. Gale

200

what is the definition of expired?

To cease to be valued after a specific period of time.

300

Which type of figurative language is the occurrence of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or connected words in a phrase?

Alliteration

300

Name three antonyms for clean.

Filthy, disastrous, dirty, nasty, ect.

300

What is the Greek root word of Calligraphy?

A. Writing

B. swirly

C. loopy

D. Beauty, to write

D. Beauty, to write

400

"Crash"

What figurative language is this an example of?

Onamonapia

400
Joyful is to cheery as livid is to what?

A.Happy

B. Angry

C. Sad

B. Angry

500

Which of these is an oxymoron?

A. Her skin was as cold as ice.

B. They were trapped in the woods, all alone, together.

C. My dog can run faster than a train.

B. They were trapped in the woods, all alone, together.

500
Are matriarch and patriarch synonyms or antonyms?

Antonyms

500

The art of beautiful handwriting.

What word does this definition match?

Caligraphy