Show:
Bubbles
Brooms
Big Toes
Bratty Bears
Bearded Toads
100
The hawk was like a speeding train as it flew around the building.
What is a simile
100
His heart is stone.
What is a metaphor
100
When she put on her new dress, she felt like a ballerina.
What is a simile
100
For dinner his friend stuffed 2000 hamburgers in his face.
What is a hyperbole.
100
The chair appeared lonely as it sat empty throughout the class.
What is personification
200
"Can y'all help me with this box?"
What is dialect
200
The chef did not know how to bake a cake.
What is irony
200
Its raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom
200
The door slowly opened and the lights went out.
What is foreshadowing
200
I laughed so hard I thought I would die.
What is hyperbole
300
Practice makes perfect
What is a cliche'
300
"I look like Cinderella!" cried Susie. She spun around like a ballerina. (2)
What is an allusion and simile
300
The crisp yellow and red leaves whispered across the ground as the wind yelled loudly. (2)
What is personification and imagery
300
"I can't do magic like that, I'm not Harry Potter!"he said. She was fire and anger.
What is allusion and metaphor
300
Since the police station was recently robbed, Betty felt like a detective. She was going to solve the crime.(2)
What is irony and simile
400
The sun greeted me this morning with a slap in the face. My sister had snored louder than a freight train. I was a grumpy sloth all day.(3)
What is personification,hyperbole,metaphor
400
She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show. She flipped her hair like a horse tail and marched off to class. She entered the room like a tornado. (3)
What is metaphor, simile, simile
400
“He was a real Romeo with the ladies," said Joann. He was always telling lies.(2)
What is allusion and hyperbole
400
"Opposites attract," said Bill. She looked at him with anger and wished 50 tons of bricks would fall on his head. (2)
What is cliche' and hyperbole
400
"Spring Break will never come!"shouted Fred. Fred sat up in bed and stretched his noodle arms and yawned like a hippo.He felt like the opposite of Superman. (4)
What is hyperbole,metaphor,simile, allusion
500
The popcorn screamed in the hot pan. It jumped like a rabbit burning their paws. He dumped the now finished popcorn in a bowl and sat down to wait 100 years for his friends.When his friends finally showed up, they were each already carrying their own bag of popcorn.(4)
What is personification, simile, hyperbole, irony
500
She crept down the stairs, just as the lights went out.The rain slapped the side of the house and ran down the windows. Her heart was stone and she shook like a leaf blowing in the wind.(4)
What is foreshadowing, personification, metaphor, simile
500
The suitcase weighed a ton. She had to drag it along the path like a worn out zombie.Sweat dripped down her back and became a river. Through her headphones the new Taylor Swift song blared. (4)
What is hyperbole, simile, metaphor, allusion
500
The smell of bacon filled the room. He ran down the stairs to get to the breakfast table.The room was already stuffed full with hungry mouths opening like goldfish. The bacon's aroma called to him. As he turned around he ran into his pet pig named pork. (4)
What is imagery, simile, personification, irony
500
The Song title "I've got the moves like Jagger" (2)
What is allusion, simile