Definitions 1
Examples 1
Examples 2
HMS Trivia
Definitions 2
100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.

What is personification?

100

Identify the figurative language "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

What is alliteration?

100

What is our school's mascot?

Who is Hawks or Nalu 

100

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action. 

Onomatopoeia

200

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning. 

Alliteration 

200

Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children. 

Alliteration 

200

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

200

Name our Vice Principal.

Who is Mr. Beaudry?

200

What does "when pigs fly" mean?

What is, "something is never going to happen".

300

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

300

Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah. 

Simile

300

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

300

What street is our school on?

Hawk Lane

300

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true. 

Hyperbole 

400

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400

The Book walked away on the Yellow Brick Road.

Personification

400

Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. 

What is onomatopoeia?

400

What was our school before it became a middle school? 

a high school

400

Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. 

This type of figurative language creates mental images in one's head, often times by describing the 5 senses of taste, touch, smell, see, and hear.

Imagery

500

What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."

Hyperbole

500

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

500

Which figurative language term does this represent?The school year, "IT'S IN THE BAG!"

Idiom

500

What is your school counselor's name? 

Mrs. Harrison

500

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? 

Both are comparisons, but similes use "like" or "as"