Idioms
We went to see Marshawn play football. Man, oh man, he is the best thing since slice bread! Identify the idiom.
Best thing since sliced bread
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
Life is a game. This is alliteration.
False - a metaphor.
My dog is as big as an elephant.
Simile
"Did you hear the zoom of the plane overhead?" Alliteration or onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia - zoom
I bought a new TV. It cost an arm and a leg. Identify the idiom and explain what it means.
ICost an arm and a leg - it was expensive.
When words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.
Alliteration
My dog danced the night away. She was so full of joy when we got home. This is a metaphor.
False - personification.
"Sally sells seashells down by the seashore."
Alliteration
Finish this with two alliteration words. "I like to eat blue..."
Berries beneath the big board
You don't want to come to school ever again??? When pigs fly! Identify the idiom and explain what it means.
When pigs fly - it's impossible.
Words that imitate the sound that they make. Also known as noise words of sound effects.
Onomatopoeia
She wasn't feeling well. She was hot like a volcano. This is a simile.
True.
"She screamed and cried and screamed and cried. She is such a roller coaster of emotion!"
Metaphor
Give two onomatopoeia words that could be used to describe a dog or what a dog does.
Arf, bark, growl, howl, moan, plop, smack, thud, thump, whimper, whine, woof
I'm not sure we see eye to eye. Identify the idiom and explain what it means.
See eye to eye - agree
A writer makes an object or an idea do something that is usually only done by people.
Personification
Splish! Splash! I was taking a bath! This is both alliteration and onomatopoeia.
True
"I'm in trouble! I'll never be allowed out of my house!"
Hyperbole
Finish this with alliteration. The _______ snake ______ _______ along the _________ road.
The sick snake slithered slowly along the slippery road.
Hold your horses! It's my time to talk. Identify the idiom and explain what it means.
Hold your horses - wait a minute.
A comparison between two things that are not alike without using the word “like” or “as” to make the comparison.
Metaphor
Ten thousand daffodils I saw at a glance, tossing their heads in a sprightly dance. This is hyperbole.
False - personification
Lightning danced across the sky.
Personification
The bee buzzed by the butterfly.
It's both!