Figurative Language
The alarm clock broke the silence with a piercing sound that filled the room, its persistence unyielding, refusing to be ignored.
What is personification?
The fire flickered and flared, its flames twisting unpredictably.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is alliteration?
This term refers to part of a burial ceremony.
What is pyre?
Although Jack slipped the stolen item in his pocket in a _________ manner, the security officer saw his movement and questioned him.
What is furtive?
This blockbuster mash-up brought together Barbie and history in a 2023 collaboration that was pink-tastic and explosive.
What is Barbenheimer?
He let the cat out of the bag, the truth slipping out before he could stop it.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is idiom?
The breeze in the trees carried whispers with ease.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is internal rhyme?
This term means appearance.
What is mien?
The ________ king ruled with compassion, ensuring that even the poorest in his kingdom had food, shelter, and dignity.
What is benevolent?
This Roman god is the Greek equivalent of Zeus.
Who is Jupiter?
His excitement could have powered an entire city for a week.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is hyperbole?
The fire crackled and popped, sending tiny sparks into the air.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is onomatopeia?
This word is an antonym for phony or sham.
What is bona fide?
The students ________ through the rain-soaked field, their backpacks pulling them down as the school bell echoed in the distance.
What is trudged?
This is one of the two countries where you cannot legally buy Coca-Cola products.
What is North Korea or Cuba?
He navigated the tense conversation with the cunning of Odysseus steering through Scylla and Charybdis.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is allusion?
He felt the call of the bell’s dull toll in his chest.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is consonance?
This word is a synonym for dumbfound or surprise.
What is confound?
The two neighbors, both known for their ________ tempers, turned a simple disagreement over a property line into a heated shouting match.
What is bellicose?
This number of delegates signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 56?
Hope flickered in her chest, a flame flaring up and then petering out.
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion)
What is metaphor?
The soft fog off the dock sent lost thoughts.
(Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Internal Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition)
What is assonance?
furtive: open :: ________ : honor
What is ignominy?
The novel became a bestseller because it resonated with the ________ of a generation seeking purpose in a fast-changing world.
What is zeitgeist?
This was Amazon's original, more magical, brand name.
What is Cadabra?