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Metaphor
/Simile
But Which One?
Alliteration
/Assonance
Oxymoron/Pun
WILD
100
Uses like or as
What is a simile
100
Giving human characteristics to things that are not human
What is personification
100
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a word
What is alliteration
100
Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron
100
The sun smiled down upon us
What is a personification
200
Books are keys to your imagination.
What is a metaphor
200
A purposeful exaggeration
What is hyperbole
200
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
What is assonance
200
If you throw a cat out of a car window it becomes kitty litter
What is pun
200
POW!
What is onomatopoeia
300
Our lives are grapes, bitter and sweet.
What is a metaphor
300
Words to describe or imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
300
A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood
What is alliteration
300
Wordplay that exploits the many meanings of words or using words that sound alike that have different meanings
What is a pun
300
He had a change of heart
What is an idiom
400
It was raining like cats and dogs
What is a simile
400
A comparison that does not use like or as
What is metaphor
400
It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!
What is assonance
400
Have you ever heard of an honest cheetah?
What is a pun
400
Poetry is old, it goes back far
What is assonance
500
It was as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
What is simile
500
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from ?the usual meanings of the actual words.
What is an idiom
500
It's what I'm trying to define
What is assonance
500
My friends are weirdly normal
What is an oxymoron
500
I'm the best at figurative language!!!
What is hyperbole