Definitions
Multiple Choice
What is it? - Part I
What is it? - Part II
Preview Terms
100

Representing a thing or idea using an object.

What is symbolism?

100

Frankly, you can't even begin to understand the size of that horse. A) Metaphor B) Idiom C) Hyperbole

What is hyperbole?

100
White as snow?
What is a simile?
100
I ate a million pieces of cake.
What is hyperbole?
100
BAM! SPLASH!
What is onomatopoeia?
200

Culturally Specific Phrase that doesn't mean what is literally says

What is Idiom?

200

Hope is a thing with feathers.
a) Symbolism b) Oxymoron d) Simile

What is a) symbolism?

200
The wind whistled throughout the night.
What is personification?
200

My mother is a bright light in a dark room.

What is metaphor?

200

What is incorrect in this poem?
There once was a cat from the Nile,

Who loved to nap in a big pile.

He purred through the day,

In the sun's gentle ray,

And chased mice away gleefully.

The rhyme scheme is broken.

300

Two words with opposite meanings that make a phrase, which is usually an idiom.

What is oxymoron?

300
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. A) Metaphor B) Simile C) Idiom D) Hyperbole
What is an idiom?
300

A known secret

Oxymoron
300

Sweet and savory,
bright and bold,
moist and soft,
and smells like mom made.

What is imagery?

300

This is defined as the number of sounds in a word or line.

Syllables or Meter

400

Giving something that is not human, human traits.

What is personification?

400
He ran as fast as a cheetah? A.) simile B.) metaphor C.) pun
What is simile?
400

This room is a pig stye!

What is metaphor?

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

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

What is alliteration?

500
A word or phrase that is being used both literally and figuratively.

What is a pun?

500
The duck said to the bartender, "Put it on my bill." A.) simile B.) understatement C.) pun
What is a pun?
500
I heard it straight from the horse's mouth?
What is an idiom?
500

My organization method could be called organized chaos.

What is oxymoron?

500
I'm fine; it was a tiny heart attack.
What is understatement?