Dictionopolis: The City of Words
This King's Advisors: Synonyms
Remember meeting the king's advisors? They are walking, talking synonyms. Learn more about synonyms below.
1. Play around in Synonym Sam's Lab
2. Discover new synonyms with this super cool visual thesaurus
1. Play around in Synonym Sam's Lab
2. Discover new synonyms with this super cool visual thesaurus
The Royal Banquet: Idioms
id·i·om [id-ee-uhm
noun
A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words. Example: It was raining cats and dogs.
While dining at the royal banquet (ch.7), Milo has quite a surprise when he realizes that he must literally eat his words. Norton Juster just loves to play with literal meanings of figurative language and idioms are ripe for his brand of humor. Learn more about idioms bellow.
1. An awesome video of idioms illustrated by kids.
2. An alphabetical list of idioms and their meanings.
3. A list of animal idioms with a quiz.
4. A fun blog post about eating your words at the royal banquet.
2. An alphabetical list of idioms and their meanings.
3. A list of animal idioms with a quiz.
4. A fun blog post about eating your words at the royal banquet.