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Idioms
Onomatopoeias
Alliteration
Personification
Similes and Metaphors
100
It was a piece of cake! What is the meaning of this idiom?
What is that was really easy!
100
Find the onomatopoeia: The car screeched to a stop to avoid hitting the deer.
What is screeched
100
Tell me an alliteration using an ice cream flavor?
What is chocolate chunk, rocky road, etc.
100
What does this sentence mean: The wind was whistling through the trees?
What is the wind was blowing loudly.
100
My younger brother is as slow as a sloth in the morning. Is this a simile or metaphor?
What is simile
200
Sharp as a tack. What is the meaning of this idiom?
What is very smart.
200
Find the onomatopoeia: The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
What is bang
200
What is an alliteration?
What is when a string of words all begin with the same letter.
200
The computer throws a fit every time I use it. What is being human-like traits? What does the writer mean?
What is the computer/the computer isn't working
200
Brooke is a ray of sunshine in my life. Is this a simile or a metaphor?
What is metaphor
300
Cat got your tongue. What is the meaning of this idiom?
What is can't find the right words.
300
Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor.
What is clacked.
300
Where is a good place in your writing to use alliteration?
What is the hook!
300
Her life passed her by. What is being personified?
What is life
300
Taylor is growing like a week. Is this a simile or metaphor?
What is simile
400
What is an idiom you might you to wish somebody luck before they do a performance?
What is break a leg!
400
Name an onomatopoeia you might hear in the classroom.
What is a bell ringing, a teacher shushing, a clock ticking, etc.
400
Tell me a sentence with alliteration about Sally at school.
What is 'Sally saw students at school' OR 'Sally spoke softly at school'
400
What does the writer mean? The sun glared down from the sky.
What is the sun was really hot
400
The snow was a white blanket. Is this a simile or metaphor?
What is metaphor
500
What is an idiom you could use to tell somebody to hold on for one second?
What is hold your horses.
500
What is an onomatopoeia you might hear around the house?
What is a dryer humming, an alarm buzzing, etc...
500
True or False: all words in the sentence have to begin with the same letter in order for it to be alliteration.
What is False: many BUT NOT ALL of the words in a sentence have to begin with the same letter.
500
The fire ran wild. What does the writer mean?
What is the fire was spreading quickly.
500
What are two key words to tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
What is 'like' and 'as'