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Vocabulary
What Am I?
Definitions
What Does It Mean?
Mixed Bag
100
repeating a word, phrase, or sentence a few times to make an idea clearer
What is repetition?
100
Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
What is alliteration?
100
a comparison of two different things using the word “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
100
Your explanation is as clear as mud.
What is someone's explanation is not well understood?
100
Bad, evil
What is mal?
200
the use of rhyming words in the same line, or rhyming words in the middle of lines
What is internal rhyme?
200
I have a million things to do today!
What is hyperbole?
200
when a word’s pronunciation imitates its sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched.
What is don't make plans for something that might not happen?
200
an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning.
What is connotation?
300
the literal or primary meaning of a word or phrase
What is denotation?
300
The sun played hide and seek with the clouds?
What is personification?
300
a comparison of two different things without using the word “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
300
He is a library of information about athletes.
What is he knows a lot about sports/athletes?
300
Besides using "like" or "as," a sentence or phrase must have this other element in order to be considered a simile.
What is make a comparison?
400
State or quality
What is -ness?
400
Life is a roller coaster which every one has to go through.
What is metaphor?
400
exaggerating to express a strong feeling
What is hyperbole?
400
Melissa and Stacy are two peas in a pod.
What is Melissa and Stacy are close friends?
400
What is it and what does it mean? take with a grain of salt
What is an idiom and not to take what someone says too seriously?
500
Doing or performing an act; someone or something that performs an act
What is -ant?
500
My hair would not cooperate this morning.
What is personification?
500
word combinations that have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word
What is an idiom?
500
The river swallowed the earth as the water continued to rise higher and higher.
What is a flood/heavy storm is occurring?
500
What is it and what does it mean? a diamond in the rough
What is an idiom/cliche that means to have a lot of potential; however, needs improvement.