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It means what?
What am I?
And these are?
Boo-yaa
I know this!
In MY world!
100
Personification
What is giving objects or abstract ideas human characteristics?
100
The classroom was a circus!
What is metaphor?
100
It scared the students when the door sprang to life.
What is personification?
100
The use of words that imitate the sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Life is like a box of chocolates
What is simile?
200
Alliteration
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together?
200
Suddenly so silent
What is alliteration?
200
It was as tight as a sausage casing.
What is simile?
200
Her laughter could be heard in the next city.
What is hyperbole?
200
My heart's a stereo.
What is metaphor?
300
Idiom
What is a figure of speech that cannot be defined literally?
300
Desks screeched as they were pushed together by students.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The shark's teeth were white daggers glimmering in the water.
What is metaphor?
300
Simile
What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?
300
The boys fluttered and twirled like ballerinas on a stage.
What is simile?
400
A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing becomes another.
What is metaphor?
400
It was so silent you could have heard a pin drop.
What is hyperbole?
400
The young lawyer is a lion in the courtroom.
What is metaphor?
400
Idiom
What is a figure of speech that cannot be defined literally?
400
Throwback Thursday
What is alliteration?
500
Hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis?
500
He decided to give her the boot.
What is an idiom?
500
She was having a whale of a time.
What is idiom?
500
Brian's legs were solid lead
What is metaphor?
500
My older sibling is the black sheep of the family.
What is an idiom?