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Directions:
1. Print and cut out the cards. It is best to use cardstock if possible, and laminating the cards is a good
way to keep them nice for years to come.

2. This can be a fun competitive game or a more laid-back game. Be creative with how you use it!

3. Check student work against the original edition of the puzzle. There are some options that could
potentially be interchangeable—use your judgment and ask students to explain their thinking.
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Note: There are blank cards at the end of the deck for teachers or students to create their own!
A great extension activity for early finishers and high achievers!
 simile
“His tongue was dry A comparison
“You may trod me in
“You’re fresh and “My throat felt like a and stuck to the rood
the very dirt between two
new, like a red trap had snapped of his mouth, as if
But still, like dust, I'll he’d licked an entire seemingly unlike
Corvette.” down on it.”
rise.” jar of peanut butter.” things using the
Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust words “like” or “as.”
Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise” N. H. Senzai, Shooting Kabul

metaphor
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“I’m a diamond in “All the world’s “His mind was a A comparison

“The hurricane is a
the rough, a shining a stage, and all the kaleidoscope of between two
shock, pain, and never-ending roller
piece of coal” men and women seemingly unlike
disappointment.” coaster.”
merely players.” things stated as a
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ninth fact.
Hamilton, “My Shot” Shakespeare, As You Like It N.H. Senzai, Shooting Kabul Ward
 personification
“Some tinfoil was “The shattered water
“The sun was already sticking in a “The storm made a misty din. A figure of speech in
painting colors low in knot-hole just about my swallowed the light.” which things or
Great waves looked
the sky.” eye level, winking at me abstract ideas are
over others coming in.”
in the afternoon sun.” given human
Nora Baskin Raleigh, Nine, Ten
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust
Robert Frost, “Once by the qualities.
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Pacific”

onomatopoeia
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“I heard our Ford’s “Crackling, keening, Words that

“You walked in, and “There is a bursting, pounding, imitate the natural
vvrrrrooooom and
my heart went rat-a-tat-tat on the the wind sounds of a thing.
thought:
boom.” screen door.” screeching…” They create a sound
Soda’s driving.”
Jewell Parker Rhodes, effect that mimics the
Hamilton, “Helpless” Jewell Parker Rhodes,
Ninth Ward S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
Ninth Ward thing described.
 idiom
An expression or
“Tom knew where “Huck's heart shot “My beautiful Gran “Two-Bit’s mom let common saying whose
the wind lay.” into his throat.” died so completely meaning cannot be
him get away with
out of the blue.” murder.” understood literally from
the meanings of the
Mark Twain, The Adventures Mark Twain, The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer of Tom Sawyer R.J. Palacio, Wonder S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders words that make it up.

hyperbole
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“My name is “I was dying for a

“There were “Dallas had a record A figure of speech in
Alexander Hamilton, Pepsi. I'm what you
mountains of roast with the fuzz a mile which deliberate
And there’s a million might call a Pepsi
things I haven’t and boiled potatoes.” long.” exaggeration is used
addict.”
done.” for emphasis.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton” S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
 alliteration
“Constantly confusing, “"Ah, William, we're “David Donald Doo
confounding the British weary of weather," dreamed a dozen “While these fleas The repetition of
henchmen / Everyone give flew, freezy breeze consonant sounds at
said the sunflowers, doughnuts and a
it up for America’s favorite the beginnings of
shining with dew.” duck-dog, too.” blew.”
fighting Frenchman!” nearby words.
William Blake, “Two Sunflowers”
Dr. Seuss, ABC Book Dr. Seuss, “Fox in Socks”
Hamilton, “Guns and Ships”
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 “His tongue was dry A comparison
“You may trod me in
“You’re fresh and “My throat felt like a and stuck to the rood
the very dirt between two
new, like a red trap had snapped of his mouth, as if
But still, like dust, I'll he’d licked an entire seemingly unlike
Corvette.” down on it.”
rise.” jar of peanut butter.” things using the
Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust words “like” or “as.”
Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise” N. H. Senzai, Shooting Kabul
Copyright © 2019 Emma Oliver all rights reserved by author

“I’m a diamond in “All the world’s “His mind was a A comparison

“The hurricane is a
the rough, a shining a stage, and all the kaleidoscope of between two
shock, pain, and never-ending roller
piece of coal” men and women seemingly unlike
disappointment.” coaster.”
merely players.” things stated as a
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ninth fact.
Hamilton, “My Shot” Shakespeare, As You Like It N.H. Senzai, Shooting Kabul Ward
 “Some tinfoil was “The shattered water
“The sun was already sticking in a “The storm made a misty din. A figure of speech in
painting colors low in knot-hole just about my swallowed the light.” which things or
Great waves looked
the sky.” eye level, winking at me abstract ideas are
over others coming in.”
in the afternoon sun.” given human
Nora Baskin Raleigh, Nine, Ten
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust
Robert Frost, “Once by the qualities.
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Pacific”
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“I heard our Ford’s “Crackling, keening, Words that

“You walked in, and “There is a bursting, pounding, imitate the natural
vvrrrrooooom and
my heart went rat-a-tat-tat on the the wind sounds of a thing.
thought:
boom.” screen door.” screeching…” They create a sound
Soda’s driving.”
Jewell Parker Rhodes, effect that mimics the
Hamilton, “Helpless” Jewell Parker Rhodes,
Ninth Ward S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
Ninth Ward thing described.
 An expression or
“Tom knew where “Huck's heart shot “My beautiful Gran “Two-Bit’s mom let common saying whose
the wind lay.” into his throat.” died so completely meaning cannot be
him get away with
out of the blue.” murder.” understood literally from
the meanings of the
Mark Twain, The Adventures Mark Twain, The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer of Tom Sawyer R.J. Palacio, Wonder S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders words that make it up.
Copyright © 2019 Emma Oliver all rights reserved by author

“My name is “I was dying for a

“There were “Dallas had a record A figure of speech in
Alexander Hamilton, Pepsi. I'm what you
mountains of roast with the fuzz a mile which deliberate
And there’s a million might call a Pepsi
things I haven’t and boiled potatoes.” long.” exaggeration is used
addict.”
done.” for emphasis.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton” S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
 “Constantly confusing, “"Ah, William, we're “David Donald Doo
confounding the British weary of weather," dreamed a dozen “While these fleas The repetition of
henchmen / Everyone give flew, freezy breeze consonant sounds at
said the sunflowers, doughnuts and a
it up for America’s favorite the beginnings of
shining with dew.” duck-dog, too.” blew.”
fighting Frenchman!” nearby words.
William Blake, “Two Sunflowers”
Dr. Seuss, ABC Book Dr. Seuss, “Fox in Socks”
Hamilton, “Guns and Ships”
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4-12.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in
word meanings.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-12.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification, hyperbole) in context.
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