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Similes/Metphors
Paradox/Oxymoron
Personification/Euphemism
Hyperbole
Idioms
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What is the definition of a simile?
What is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
100
A contradictory statement that may or may not be true.
What is a paradox?
100
Giving non human things human traits.
What is personification?
100
An exaggerated statement or claim.
What is a hyperbole?
100
Definition of an idiom.
What is an expression that says one thing literally, but means something else figuratively?
200
What is a metaphor
What is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as
200
A phrase that is contradictory.
What is an oxymoron?
200
Saying something harsh in a nicer way.
What is a euphemism?
200
What does the hyperbole mean: It was so cold that I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
What is it was really cold?
200
What does this idiom mean: A chip on your shoulder.
What is it means holding a grudge?
300
Which sentences are similes? -His skin was as brown as a bar of dark chocolate. -Her hair was as long as a flowing river of white and golden sunlight. -She had a face of a chipmunk at dinner before her mom said "let's Pray". -The Penguin was as cute as a button!
What is -The penguin was as cute as a button -His skin was as brown as a bar of dark chocolate -Her hair was as long as a flowing river of white and golden sunlight.
300
Can this paradox be true: You shouldn't go in the water until you know how to swim.
What is it cannot be true?
300
What does this euphemism mean: Vertically challenged
What is it means not very tall?
300
What does the hyperbole mean: Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.
What is it means Charlie has a lot of bills?
300
What does the idiom mean: Get your act together.
What is it means behave properly?
400
What figurative language devices are used in this sentence below? "His cotton candy words were such a sour note in my ear, they made me lose my hearing"
What is a paradox and a metaphor?
400
What does this oxymoron mean: Deafening silence
What is it means very quiet?
400
Identify the personified object: The run down house looked depressed.
What is the run down house?
400
What does the hyperbole mean? The joke was so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.
What is the joke is really old?
400
Identify the idioms: 1. Rub someone the wrong way. 2. Jump the gun. 3. Face the music. 4. Sick as a dog.
What is all of them are idioms?
500
Can a simile be contradictory?
What is yes EX: The rock is as light as a feather.
500
The difference between a paradox and an oxymoron.
What is a paradox can be true or not true and an oxymoron has two contradicting words?
500
Identify the idea being personified: Peace now celebrates a great victory.
What is peace?
500
What is the hyperbole? 1. My alarm clock yells at me every morning. 2. She cried over spilled milk. 3. My feet are killing me. 4. Her eyes were fireflies. 5. Singing mime. 6. Fell of the back of a truck. 7. Living dead.
What is my feet are killing me?
500
Find two idioms in the paragraph: The soldier was armed to the teeth. He had his heart in his mouth. He was in hot water. It was time to face the music. He put his best foot forward. He hoped to strike while the iron was hot even though his heart was in his boots. You could hear a pin drop, when suddenly he turned a corner and found his brother hiding in the long grass. I’ve got your back, his brother whispered.
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