Show:
Simile or Metaphor?
Personification or Onomatopoeia?
Hyperbole, Flashback, or Understatement?
Imagery, Alliteration, or Allusion?
Foreshadowing, Suspense, or Irony?
100
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
What is SIMILE.
100
BAAAAAAM
What is ONOMATOPOEIA.
100
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald)
What is FLASHBACK.
100
Your backyard is a Garden of Eden.
What is ALLUSION.
100
Watching your favorite television show, seeing an intense moment - waiting for the answer - AND THEN "TO BE CONTINUED" appears on the screen . . .
What is SUSPENSE.
200
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,? Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. ?Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ?I rise
What is METAPHOR
200
The brooks laugh louder when I come,?The breezes madder play.
What is PERSONIFICATION.
200
And there will I keep you forever,
  ? Yes, forever and a day,
? Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
   ?And molder in dust away!
What is HYPERBOLE.
200
I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me. http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/imagery_examples/141/
What is IMAGERY.
200
There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.
What is IRONY.
300
Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten.
What is SIMILE?
300
Ravenous and savage?from its long?polar journey,??the North Wind??is searching?for food—
What is PERSONIFICATION.
300
After smashing through the garage door?Alex acknowledge that he may have parked a little too close to the house.
What is UNDERSTATEMENT.
300
The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that were splayed in the red Georgia mud. http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/imagery_examples/141/
What is IMAGERY.
300
A pipe is going to burst, but before it does, the author writes a scene where the family notices a small dark spot on the ceiling, but ignores it. http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/foreshadowing_examples/219/
What is FORESHADOWING.
400
Your hand was honey-comb to heal,?Your voice a web to bind.
What is METAPHOR.
400
Boing!
What is ONOMATOPOEIA.
400
Jeff probably should have said “Thanks” after Vic saved his life.
What is UNDERSTATEMENT.
400
Paula planted the petunias in the pot. http://examples.yourdictionary.com/alliteration-examples-for-kids.html#XE3D37zCDcqrSDy3.99
What is ALLITERATION.
400
Watching a crime show episode where all of the investigators are in hot pursuit of the criminal. They decide to split up in order to find him/her, so everyone is alone. And then you hear gunshots somewhere nearby. . .
What is SUSPENSE
500
The graveyard of my soul is filled with flowers, so that I may stroll in meditation, at my ease.
What is METAPHOR.
500
Freedom weeps,
 Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps.
What is PERSONIFICATION.
500
I'd rather take baths?with a man-eating shark,?or wrestle a lion?alone in the dark,?eat spinach and liver,?pet ten porcupines,?than tackle the homework,?my teacher assigns.
What is HYPERBOLE.
500
Kim comes to cut colorful kites.
What is ALLITERATION.
500
On the way to school, the school bus gets a flat tire and the bus driver says, "Excellent! This day couldn't start off any better!"
What is IRONY.