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Onomatopoeia
Identify the Alliteration
Definitions
Imagery
Allusions
100
What a cat says when it's hungry.
What is meow?
100
Hungry Howie's has horrible chicken wings.
What is Hungry Howie's has horrible
100
Referring to something well-known when you speak or when you write.
What is allusion?
100
The round, bright orange sun blinds me on the way to work.
What is round, bright orange
100
Having played in the cold for hours, Ben's nose glowed red like Rudolph's.
What is glowed red like Rudolph's?
200
The sound of a door bell
What is ding dong?
200
The ditsy dog dropped his chew toy into the drain.
What is ditsy, dog, dropped, drain?
200
Using very specific sensory words so that someone who reads your writing can see, smell, taste, touch, and/or feel what you're describing.
What is imagery?
200
Sharp pain shot from my mouth to my head while I crunched the ice.
What is sharp pain shot, crunched ice?
200
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow will keep me away from the outlet mall at the beach.
What is rain nor sleet nor snow?
300
The sound that a clock makes
What is tick-tock?
300
Ted turned testy because of the tick-tock of the clock.
What is Ted, turned, testy, tick-tock
300
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
300
Sizzling fajitas make my mouth water.
What is sizzling fajitas, mouth water
300
It's a bird; it's a plane; it's a great big spitball flying toward your head!
What is it's a bird; it's a plane?
400
The sound made when someone sneezes.
What is achoo?
400
Fanatic fans flocked to the stadium Saturday.
What is fanatic, fans, flocked
400
These are words that represent sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The neighbor's yapping dog keeps us up at night.
What is yapping dog?
400
Shazam! Mark Ingram won the Heisman Trophy.
What is Shazam?
500
The sound that a bee makes
What is buzz?
500
Fluttering fall leaves fell on Felicia's yard.
What is fluttering, fall, fell, Felicia's
500
This often times includes similes because the words like or as are used.
What is allusion?
500
Freshly made brownies fill the house with a warm, chocolatey aroma.
What is freshly made brownies, chocolatey aroma
500
Be on time, follow directions, and work hard to avoid hearing the words, "You're fired!"
What is "You're fired"?