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Definitions
Multiple Choice
What is it?
What is it? - Part II
What is it? - Part III
100
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
100
Frankie franticly frolicks for fifty flowers. A) Metaphor B) Alliteration C) Hyperbole
What is alliteration?
100
BAM! SPLASH!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
White as snow?
What is a simile?
100
I ate a million pieces of cake.
What is hyperbole?
200
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
The walls began to walk towards me. A) Personification B) Onomatopoeia C) Irony D) Idiom
What is personification?
200
My computer throws a fit every time I try to use it.
What is a personification?
200
The sun was a furnace.
What is a metaphor?
200
"Why are fish so smart? They live in schools." "Why did the kid bring scissors to school? So he could cut class."
What is a pun?
300
The opposite of what you would expect?
What is irony?
300
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. A) Metaphor B) Simile C) Idiom D) Hyperbole
What is an idiom?
300
I heard it straight from the horse's mouth?
What is an idiom?
300
The wind whistled throughout the night.
What is personification?
300
My mother is a bright light in a dark room.
What is metaphor?
400

A joke highlighting the different possible meanings of a word or words that sound alike but have different meanings.

What is a pun?

400

What is the main similarity between metaphors and similes? A.) both figurative language B.) both are exaggerations C.) both compare things D. both are puns

What is both compare things?

400
I love melting mashing marshmallows.
What is alliteration?
400

We were shocked when we heard the fire station had burned down.

What is irony?

400
This was a piece of cake!
What is idiom?
500

Define irony 

What is a when something happens that isn't expected (situational irony) or when someone says something they don't actually mean (verbal irony)?

500

What does this idiom mean:  "Because he isn't always truthful, I just take what he says with a grain of salt." A.) with some doubt B.) without question C.) with anger D. with other people's opinions.

What is with some doubt?

500

It was no big deal to forgive her sister after their fight, so Beth said, "It's water under the bridge." What does that mean?

What is something from the past that no longer matters?

500
A roofing company that doesn't have a roof.
What is irony?
500

Which statement contains a simile?

The flower has a smiling face.

Friends are beautiful as roses. 

The flowers were a peace offering

What is friends are beautiful as roses?