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Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
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What is a simile?

What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

100

What is a metaphor?

What is a comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words like or as.

100

What is personification?

What is where an object or idea is given human characteristics?

100

What is an idiom?

What is a common expression that means something different from what the individual words mean.

200
Which of these examples is a simile? a. He was 40 feet tall! b. Last winter was as long as a sad story.
What is b. Last winter was as long as a sad story?
200
Which of these is a metaphor? a. The burden is my cross to bear. b. I'm as stuffed as a turkey on Thanksgiving!
What is a.The burden is my cross to bear?
200
Which is an example of personification? a. The greedy weeds have starved my daffodils. b. He was boiling mad!
What is a. The greedy weeds have starved my daffodils?
200
Which is an idiom? a. That guy is barking up the wrong tree. b. The sun smiled down on them.
What is a. That guy is barking up the wrong tree?
300
Which is a simile? a. The crowd was buzzing like a beehive. b. A beehive is a place where bees live. c. Bees are awesome.
What is a. The crowd was buzzing like a beehive?
300
Which is a metaphor? a. The dog is barking at the kids. b. This shirt is a thousand years old. c. I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
What is b. This shirt is a thousand years old?
300
Which is personification? a. Aw, I am just pulling your leg! b. That homework was a breeze! c. The angry storm pounded the camper's roof
What is c. The angry storm pounded the camper's roof?
300
Which is correct? a. He was as busy as a bee. b. He bit off more than he can chew. c. None of the above.
What is b. He bit off more than he can chew?
400
Which is a simile? a. He was 40 feet tall! b. The king is back! c. They popped out of their seats like toast from a toaster. d. None of the above
What is c. They popped out of their seats like toast from a toaster?
400
a. She is a beautiful rose. b. She planted the seeds of wisdom in her. c. The angry storm pounded the camper's roof.
What is a. She is a beautiful rose?
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Which is correct? a. I am so tired I could sleep for a year! b. She's making a mountain out of a molehill. c. He bit off more than he could chew. d. The brown grass was begging for water.
What is d. The brown grass was begging for water?
400
Which is an idiom? a. She's making a mountain out of a molehill. b. Like a little baby, the boy cried and cried. c. Like a clown, she made the whole class laugh.
What is a. She's making a mountain out of a molehill?
500
Which is correct? a. We must wait for the wheels of justice to turn. b. He hung his head like a wilted flower. c. The burden is my cross to bear. d. The greedy weeds have starved my daffodils.
What is b. He hung his head like a wilted flower?
500
Why is this a metaphor? "Her voice is music to his ears."
What is her voice makes him feel happy?
500
Why is this personification? "The bright flowers danced joyfully in the sun."
What is because flowers can't actually dance, this just means that they were swaying in the breeze?
500
What does the idiom "he kicked the bucket" really mean?
What is he died?