Grammar
Grammar 2
Figurative Language
Figurative Language 2
Poetry
100
The subject of the following sentence, "Gregory enjoys riding his bicycle."
What is Gregory
100
"In" is this part of speech
What is a preposition
100
"This day is NEVER going to end." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole
100
"My sadness was as unending as the waves." In this simile, the sadness is being compared to this.
What are the waves.
100
"After a rain storm, Sunshine peeked through the grey clouds Making a rainbow" is an example of this type of poetry.
What is haiku
200
The verb in the following sentence, "After dinner, Karen scrubbed the dishes."
What is scrubbed
200
This is the only definite article in the English language.
What is "The."
200
This type of figurative language makes a comparison that uses like or as.
What is simile
200
"Sliding gracefully along the silky, smooth, ice" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration
200
This type of poem has 14 lines with 10 syllables per line and a definite rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet
300
The direct object in the following sentence, "James was extremely excited when he threw the baseball to home plate."
What is baseball
300
This part of the sentence always comes after a verb and before the direct object.
What is an indirect object
300
Sarcasm is a form of this type of figurative language.
What is verbal irony
300
"Tick-tock, tick-tock," is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia
300
This type of poem has no regular rhyme scheme or rhythm
What is free verse
400
In the sentence, "She is my best friend because she buys me cake," "buys" is a transitive verb because it has this.
What is a direct object
400
In the sentence, "Kayla, will you please take this note to the office?" Kayla is this part of the sentence.
What is a noun of direct address
400
"All the world is a stage" is an example of this type of figurative languge
What is metaphor
400
"A pilot who is afraid to fly" is an example of this.
What is situational irony
400
"There once was an old man from Esser His knowledge grew lesser and lesser It at last grew so small He new nothing at all And so now he's a college professor!" Is an example of this type of poetry.
What is limerick
500
"Mom" and "necklace" act as what parts of the sentence in the sentence, "For Mother's day, I will give my mom a new necklace."
What is the indirect object and the direct object
500
In this sentence, this word is the linking verb. "My mom made homemade lasagna for dinner, and it smells amazing."
What is smells
500
"There are trees," the Beaver said, "and they are constantly listening." is an example of this type of figurative language
What is personification
500
In the following metaphor, these two items are being compared: "Kathy arrived at the crowded grocery store with an army of children."
What are Kathy's children and an army
500
The arrangement of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza