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Vocabulary
Idioms
Analogies
Literary terms
Figurative language
100
To be in or on a bed
What is abed
100
What does couldn't hit the blind side of a barn mean?
What is to have very bad aim
100
apropos is to pertinent as hackneyed is to______
What is trite
100
What term means a song like poem that tells a story?
What is ballad
100
What is the definition of a simile?
What is a comparison of two things using like or as
200
To wear away a surface by friction
What is abrade
200
What does queer the pitch mean?
What is to destroy or ruin a plan.
200
_____ is to zestful as dull is to sharp
What is insipid
200
What term means the use of words to imitate sounds?
What is onomatopoeia
200
Definition of metaphor.
What is a direct comparison of two things.
300
Definition of cacophony
What is a harsh sound or tone
300
What does Rome was not built in one day mean?
What is If you want something done right, it will take time.
300
geese is to gaggle as quail is to ______
What is covey
300
What term means a central message in a story?
What is theme
300
Name the type of figurative language, The climbing rope laughed at my weak efforts but I just laughed along.
What is personification
400
Definition of extemporaneous
What is done without much preparation
400
What does southpaw mean?
What is to be left handed
400
Consider is to mull as theorize is to _______
What is explain
400
What term means the rhythmical pattern of a poem?
What is meter
400
Name the type of figurative language, Spellbinding stories spin the imagination of listeners.
What is alliteration
500
Definition of zeitgeist
What is the intellectual tendency that characterizes any age.
500
What does twenty three skidoo mean?
What is to be turned away
500
approval is to ______ as respect is to courtesy
What is accolade
500
What term means excessive pride?
What is hubris
500
Name the type of figurative language, The lunch line reached from the beginning to the end of the Great Wall of China.
What is hyperbole