Figurative Language

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What is Idioms
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A phrase that is not clear
A place
A phrase with a joke
A phrase with a different meaning

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Q1
What is Idioms
A phrase that is not clear
A place
A phrase with a joke
A phrase with a different meaning
30s
Q2
Example of an idiom
It was time to go home, but the bell refused to ring.
I am as green as grass
Hard nut to crack
Cute as a bunny
30s
Q3
What is onomatopoeia
The sound associated with what is named
A word describing a picture
A writing in comics
A picture
30s
Q4
Example of an onomatopeia
Zip went the light
She cried so long she made a lake
These shoes will take millions of years to put on
Thank goodnes I escaped
30s
Q5
What is an simile
A phrase with like or as in it
A phrase without like or as
a piece of reading
A fun writing
30s
Q6
Example of a simile
He made a smile, like moonlight that makes everything smooth
BOOM
The waves CRASHED the beach like a tornado
BAM
30s
Q7
What is an metaphor
A picture
A word
Phrases telling you what to do
Phrases without like or as
30s
Q8
Example of a metaphor
Cyrus is a dancing bear
None of the above
Metaphors be with you
All the world is a stage
30s
Q9
What is alliteration
A story that is hard to tell
A Mother Goose folk tale
Fairy tale
Words with the same beginning
30s
Q10
Example of an alliteration
ZIP
BOOM
While I nodded, nearly napping, came a tapping
Hey! Don't eat me! OUCH!
30s
Q11
Is alliteration also known as a tongue twister
No
Yes
30s
Q12
What is personification
Has to be important
The easiest writing there is
A writing that uses things sound like humans
A writing with a negative and positive side
30s
Q13
Example of a personification
The sun are playing
Lets leave
It is nice
BOOM
30s
Q14
What is hyperbole
I'm so hungry I could eat you.
Changing a piece of writing
You exaggerate what happened or did
A place to go on a vacation
30s
Q15
Example of a hyperbole
None of the above
She spent money
SUPER
She cried so long she made a lake
30s