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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
What is a simile?
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She sells sea shells by the sea shore
What is alliteration?
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Home- The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
What is denotation?
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I'll swing by my ankles. She'll cling to your knees. As you hang by your nose, From a high-up trapeze.
What is consonance?
100
Contains the definitions of words.
What is a dictionary?
200
He has a lion's heart
What is a metaphor?
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If I can’t buy that new game, I will die.
What is hyperbole?
200
Home- Warmth, comfort, health
What is connotation?
200
Try to light the fire
What is assonance?
200
Contains synonyms
What is thesaurus?
300
Boom, bang, crash
What is onomatopoeia?
300
If the mother asked "What are your plans for today?" the child could have responded "I'm going to the store." If the child said "I'm going to the store" in a simple, matter of fact way, he or she would not have elicited a scolding response from the mother. However, if the child responded with a whiney "I'm going to the store!" because he or she could simply not be bothered with answering the mother's question, then the entire meaning of the situation changes.
What is tone?
300
Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged state and he thinks she is dead. He kills himself. When Juliet wakes up she finds Romeo dead and kills herself.
What is irony?
300
As old as the hills As fit as a fiddle
What is a cliche?
300
The opposite of a word
What is an antonym?
400
The stars danced playfully
What is personification?
400
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
What is mood?
400
It cost an arm and a leg
What is an idiom?
400
Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded
What is a paradox?
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He wrote: Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how.
Who is Dr. Suess
500
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
What is imagery?
500
Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
What is symbolism?
500
When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.
What is an allusion?
500
It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black. I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here.
What is a satire?
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They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ... and since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path.
What is The Divine Comedy?