What is an onomatopoeia?

A word that sounds like the noise it makes

Phrase that means something different than what it says

To compare two things using the words is or are

What is personification?

To describe non-human things using human qualities

To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way

Comparing two things using like or as

What is an alliteration?

A sentence or phrase where words begin with the same letter

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What is an onomatopoeia?
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe non-human things using human qualities
To compare two things using like or as
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
2
What is an idiom?
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
Phrase that means something different than what it says
A sentence with words that start with the same letter
To compare two things using like or as
3
He is as tall as a giraffe.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
4
What is a metaphor?
To compare two things using like or as
To describe non-human things using human qualities
To describe something in an exaggerated way
To compare two things using the words is or are
5
She is a walking dictionary.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
6
What is personification?
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To compare two things using like or as
To describe non-human things using human qualities
7
Kapow!
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
8
The stars winked at me.
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
9
My backpack weighs a ton.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
10
Cat got your tongue?
Alliteration
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
11
What is a hyperbole?
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
A sentence or phrase that words begin with the same letter
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
Comparing two things using like or as
12
What is a simile?
A phrase that means something different than what it says
Comparing two things using like or as
Comparing two things using is or are
A sentence or phrase that words begin with the same letter
13
What is an alliteration?
A sentence or phrase where words begin with the same letter
To describe something in an exaggerated way
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe non-human things using human qualities
14
Janie read a book by the babbling brook.
Idiom
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration

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