“asbusy asa bee”HeartofstoneHe is asskinny asatoothpick.He is apilot but,is afraid ofheights.Thesnowflakesdanced.DRAMATICIRONYDIRECTCOMPARISONI amdying ofshame.Theassignmentwas abreeze.The Titanicwas said tobeunsinkable.HUMANQUALITIESThe doorprotested asit openedslowly.In Romeo andJuliet, Romeothinks Juliet isdead and theaudience knowsshe is not.SITUATIONALIRONYFREE!LIKEOR ASClink,clank,clunk,clatterSOUNDANDMEANINGZip goesthejacket.Hisargumentwas as clearas mud.EXAGGERATIONSARCASMThe fireswallowedthe entireforest.She isolderthan dirt.“Oh great!Now youhave brokenmy newcamera.”“asbusy asa bee”HeartofstoneHe is asskinny asatoothpick.He is apilot but,is afraid ofheights.Thesnowflakesdanced.DRAMATICIRONYDIRECTCOMPARISONI amdying ofshame.Theassignmentwas abreeze.The Titanicwas said tobeunsinkable.HUMANQUALITIESThe doorprotested asit openedslowly.In Romeo andJuliet, Romeothinks Juliet isdead and theaudience knowsshe is not.SITUATIONALIRONYFREE!LIKEOR ASClink,clank,clunk,clatterSOUNDANDMEANINGZip goesthejacket.Hisargumentwas as clearas mud.EXAGGERATIONSARCASMThe fireswallowedthe entireforest.She isolderthan dirt.“Oh great!Now youhave brokenmy newcamera.”

FIGURES OF SPEECH - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. O-“as busy as a bee”
  2. N-Heart of stone
  3. I-He is as skinny as a toothpick.
  4. I-He is a pilot but, is afraid of heights.
  5. B-The snowflakes danced.
  6. G-DRAMATIC IRONY
  7. N-DIRECT COMPARISON
  8. O-I am dying of shame.
  9. I-The assignment was a breeze.
  10. B-The Titanic was said to be unsinkable.
  11. O-HUMAN QUALITIES
  12. G-The door protested as it opened slowly.
  13. G-In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo thinks Juliet is dead and the audience knows she is not.
  14. G-SITUATIONAL IRONY
  15. N-FREE!
  16. G-LIKE OR AS
  17. O-Clink, clank, clunk, clatter
  18. I-SOUND AND MEANING
  19. N-Zip goes the jacket.
  20. N-His argument was as clear as mud.
  21. B-EXAGGERATION
  22. B-SARCASM
  23. I-The fire swallowed the entire forest.
  24. B-She is older than dirt.
  25. O-“Oh great! Now you have broken my new camera.”