Figurative Language
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Personification
Which word means to misplace?
A. lose
B. loose
A. lose
How many nouns are in this sentence?
The big cat ate a small mouse under the stairs.
3-cat, mouse, stairs
Jabberwocky
nonsense, gibberish
What kind of band never plays music?
a rubberband
I live a million miles away.
Hyperbole
Which word means a smell?
A. scent
B. cent
A. scent
How many adjectives are in this sentence?
The big cat ate a small mouse under the stairs.
2-big, small
Abibliophobia
Fear of running out of books to read
What lets you look right through a wall?
a window
It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
Which word means to pull in a fish?
A. real
B. reel
B. reel
How many adverbs are in this sentence?
I usually play chess quickly, but today I played slowly.
3-usually, quickly, slowly
Catillate
To lick a plate
What has a head and a tail, but no body.
a coin
Saying something is of less value than it actually is
Understatement
Which word means to take something without permission?
A. steel
B. steal
B. steal
What is the verb in this sentence?
The mailman delivered a giant box to my house.
delivered
Flora
plants
Kids make it, but never hold it or see it. What is it?
Noise
Comparing two things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Which word means flying through the sky?
A. sore
B. soar
B. soar
What is the conjunction in this sentence?
Ms. Josie likes to eat tacos and rice.
and
Cacophony
unpleasant, loud sounds.
The more there is, the less you see.
Darkness