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A for 100 What is a simile? The shirt was as silky as the web from the most delicate of spiders.
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Simile orMetaphor
Hyperboleor Idiom
MysteryBag
AlliterationOnomatopoeiaPersonification
Explain themeaning
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Who AmI?
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What is being
compared?
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What is this?
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What is a simile?
The shirt was as silky as the web from the most delicate of spiders.
A for 200A for 200
What is a metaphor?
The band leader was a tiger on the field.
What is a simile?
A for 300A for 300My mom’s brain is just like a computer – she remembers everything!
A for 400A for 400 The frail woman’s heart was a fountain of loneliness.
What is a metaphor?
A for 500A for 500The arthritic train rattled, chugged, and moaned down the isolated track.
What is a metaphor?Daily Double
B for 100B for 100
The movie was so bad that the popcorn and sodas walked out in protest.What is a
hyperbole?
B for 200B for 200
What is a hyperbole?
Cinderella’s hair was the color of gold and was so long it reached the gardens from her high-tower room.
B for 300B for 300
The award-winning gardener has a green thumb.
What is an idiom?
B for 400B for 400
What is an idiom?
It was raining cats and dogs.
B for 500B for 500
The pitcher for the Astros is always a ball of fire!
What an idiom?
C for 100C for 100
It was raining cats and dogs.
What is “it was raining a lot?”
C for 200C for 200
What is “My cat was happy to have fish?”
My cat did cartwheels and jumped around the world when I gave her a piece of fish.
C for 300C for 300
The sunset was a ribbon of gold, green, and red.What is “the
sunset was colorful?”
C for 400C for 400Daily Double
The vines clutched at my ankles.
What is “The vines were stuck at my feet?”
C for 500C for 500
What is “His books allowed him to read about far away places?”
His books were steamships and starships taking him to new worlds.
D for 100D for 100Repeating the same sound at the beginning of several words in a seriesWhat is
alliteration?
D for 200D for 200
What is apostrophe?
Speaking to an absent person, place or thing as if it were present
D for 300D for 300
What is a simile?
A comparision using like or as
D for 400D for 400
What is an idiom?
An expression whose whole meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words
D for 500D for 500
What is imagery?
Using words to create a picture in the reader’s mind
E for 100E for 100
What are kite and feather?
A giant kite floated in the ocean breeze like a feather in the wind.
E for 200E for 200
What are class and circus?
Her class was like a circus; the room was filled with fun and laughter.
E for 300E for 300
What are Uncle Mike and grizzly?
Uncle Mike was a grizzly while he worked on the oil field.
Daily Double
E for 400E for 400
What are ants and army?
An army of ants attacked the fallen lollipop.
E for 500E for 500
What are sandpaper and hand?
His sandpaper hand scratched her cheek.
F for 100F for 100
What is personification?
The lizard stared at me with a smiling, “Hello,” as I stared back.
F for 200F for 200
What is alliteration?
Zoe the zebra plays the xylophone diligently.
F for 300F for 300
What is onomatopoiea?
The tardy Strack student plopped into the seat just as the bell rang.
F for 400F for 400
What is personification?
The clock announced the time like a soldier at the beginning of battle
F for 500F for 500
What is onomatopoeia?
The bell of the trolley clanged loudly as the tiny toddler ran in the street.
G for 100G for 100
What is an idiom?
Time flies when you’re having fun!
G for 200G for 200
What is hyperbole?
Using a very exaggerated statement for emphasis or effect
G for 300G for 300
What a simile?
The road was like a snake, winding its way toward the sunset.
G for 400G for 400
What is an oxymoron?
There was a quiet riot in front of the school.
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Worth 3 TIMES the Value
G for 500G for 500
What is imagery?
The turquoise waves crashed against the sandy shore, causing the little blonde girl to jump backwards in astonishment.
H for 100H for 100
What is a metaphor?
(identify)He is a snail when it comes to getting work done.
H for 200H for 200
What is “creating a picture in the reader’s mind?”
Meaning of the word imagery?
H for 300H for 300
What is contrasting opposite words or ideas?
Meaning of the word “oxymoron”
H for 400H for 400
What is a metaphor?
(identify)“Liberty, when it begins take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”—George Washington
H for 500H for 500
What is the car was broken?
(meaning)His new Hummer turned out to be a lemon.
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