What does this idiom mean?
hurry up!
be patient!
hold on while you're riding a horse!
act like a cowboy
What is an adage?
A place upstairs to store unused things
A way to add your age
A concise, well-known saying. It expresses a common truth or observation
A long, well-known saying. It expresses an opinion
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase is?
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Assonance
Personificiation
Practice makes perfect," is an example of?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Adage
Idiom
What is figurative language?
shapely language
words that are confusing and stupid
words don't actually mean what they say
literal language
Definition of paradox?
The exact opposite in what is said vs. what is meant
Statement that can be seen as true and false simultaneously
Statement that is more false than true
Statement that is more true than false
Words that sound like what they are?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Alliteration
What is an Oxymoron?
A Simile
A figure of speech in contradictory terms
Sometimes Things Get Complicated
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
An exaggeration is?
Interjection
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Giving human characteristics like emotions, feelings or actions to a non-human object or animal is?
Metaphor
Humanification
Onomatopoeia
Personificiation
what is an idiom?
a comparison using like or as
an expression whos meaning is not predictable
a comparison between two different thing
giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
Choose the oxymoron:
Between jobs
Awfully lucky
Best of all time
I am nobody.
What is an analogy?
Labeling objects in a cartoon.
comparison of two or more things based on their relationship
Illustration or comic strip containing a political message
The use of symbols
Define analogy.
a simile
a metaphor
a text that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
comparison between 2 things for the purpose of clarification
Which one is an adage?
Leaves can turn brown.
The blue sky is pretty.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Apples are red and round.
Compares two unlike things directly is?
Synecdoche
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
The following line contains assonance.
"Of the beautiful Annabel Lee..."
"And the stars never rise, but I see the bright eyes..."
"Chilling my Annabel Lee..."
"So that her highborn kinsman came..."
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables" is?
Alliteration
Idiom
Assonance
Metaphor
What is a parable?
A parable is a type of fairytale
A parable is A story told by the Apostles
A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral.
A parable is another word for the Bible
What is Assonance?
repetition of consonant sound in words
A reference to another text
Repetition of vowel sound in words
the symbolic meaning of an item
A comparison using "like" or "as" is a/an?
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Interjection
What figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Idiom
What figurative language is this?
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
What figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Idiom
Simile
Personification
Which are examples of figurative language?
paraphrasing, underlining, highlighting
verbs, nouns, and adjectives
simile, metaphor, personification
integrity, persistence, ownership
What figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hold your horses," is a kind of?
Idiom
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia