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Fill in the bank
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100
Some form of exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
100
Frankie franticly frolicks for fifty flowers. A) Metaphor B) Alliteration C) Hyperbole D) Oxymoron
What is B ?
100
He ran as fast as a cheetah.
What is an example of a simile?
100
There are _____ in your pants? (pun)
What are ants?
100
He was as happy as a clown. She was pretty ugly. A) Simile B) Oxymoron C) Idiom D) Pun
What is A & B ?
200
You give something that is non-living, a living characteristic.
What is personification?
200
The walls were blue. A) Personification B) Onomatopoeia C) Irony D) Idiom
What is A ?
200
Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickled Peppers.
What is an example of alliteration?
200
It was raining cats and _____. (Idiom)
What are dogs?
200
Bark Bark, Boing Boing. The man was as tall as a skyscraper. A) Simile B) Onomatopoeia C) Hyperbole D) Idiom
What is B & C ?
300
A hidden joke within a riddle.
What is a pun?
300
The Titanic sank on it's maiden voyage. A) Pun B) Simile C) Irony D) Idiom
What is C ?
300
The little boy was pretty ugly.
What is an example of an oxymoron?
300
The invisible man married the invisible woman, and their children were ___ to ____ at _____. (pun)
What are the words "nothing," "look" and "either." ?
300
The firefighter's house burned down. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. A) Irony B) Idiom C) Pun B) Hyperbole
What is A & B ?
400
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
400
It was bitter sweet to watch the beloved teacher retire. A) Oxymoron B) Metaphor C) Onomatopoeia D) Alliteration
What is A ?
400
You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish.
What is an example of a pun?
400
Why is the man who invests our money referred to as a ____.
What is a broker?
400
The boat was dacning on water. She was the apple of my eye. A) Personification B) Simile C) Metaphor D) Pun
What is A & C ?
500
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
What is oxymoron?
500
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. A) Metaphor B) Simile C) Idiom D) Hyperbole
What is C ?
500
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is an example of a hyperbole?
500
My girlfriend is just like February ___, she doesn't exist. (pun)
What is 30th?
500
Berny Benson blows bubbles. Two peanuts were walking on the street, one was assalted. A) Alliteration B) Pun C) Hyperbole D) Metaphor
What is A & B ?