Idioms and Alliterations

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tick-tock is an example of what??

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

What is alliteration?

• A sound word.

• The same beginning sound repeated.

• A comparison using like or as.

Mason was as fast as a cheetah on wheels.

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

"Try to think outside the box" is an example of what?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

"Bumble bees buzzed by the bus" is an example of what?

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

Everly's smile was the sun on dark days. What does this metaphor mean?

• Everly's smile made other people happy.

• Everly's smile would make the sun come out.

• Everly's smile dark.

Give me a hand is a ________. You can't take it literally.

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

Simile or Metaphor:

My sister is an angel.

• Simile

• Metaphor

"It was raining cats and dogs" is an example of what?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom