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Definitions
Identification
Idioms
Similes/Metaphors
Personification
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What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to inanimate things
100
"Grandma would stand as proud as a peacock" is what type of figurative language?
Simile
100
Chip on your shoulder
Holding a grudge
100
Happy as a clam
Very content, satisfied
100
The party died down
The party came to an end
200
What is hyperbole?
An exaggeration used to make or prove a point
200
Towering above the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the petunias.
Metaphor
200
Get something off your chest
Confess, say what is on your mind
200
Cold as ice
Rude, standoff-ish
200
The city never sleeps
The city is always busy any time of day or night
300
What is an idiom?
A word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
300
A bee buzzing would break the silence (2)
Onomatopoeia; idiom
300
Rub someone the wrong way
Annoy or bother
300
Fight like cats and dogs
Fight often and strongly
300
The wind howled
The wind was strong and loud
400
What is alliteration?
When two or more words begin with the same initial sound
400
The people say Grandma's flowers are the most beautiful in the world.
Hyperbole
400
Last straw
Last chance
400
He drowned in a sea of grief
He was overcome by the amount of grief, or sadness, he felt
400
Time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go
As time and life goes on it pulls you in different directions you are often powerless to
500
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
500
The roses wept for their smashed friends
Personification
500
Jump the gun
Act on something too early
500
The apple of my eye
Someone you hold dear or love
500
Justice is blind
Justice is objective and impartial