FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

REVIEW

Multiple Choice

Evaluate how pugnacious was used in the following sentence:

Walt’s pugnacious behavior in the boxing ring made his opponent back down.

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• Nice

• Aggressive

• Cheerful

• Boring

Multiple Choice

Speculate on which words help the reader know what arbitrator means:

The arbitrator, the neutral person chosen to settle the dispute, arrived at her

decision.

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• her decision

• arrived at

• neutral person chosen to settle dispute

• the arbitrator

Multiple Choice

Predict which words will help the reader know what noxious means:

The river was full of noxious materials such as cleaning agents from factories and pesticides from the nearby farms.

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• such as cleaning agents and pesticides

• factories and farms

• river was full

• full of noxious

Multiple Choice

Use your judgment and determine how the word immaculate was used in the sentence.

Unlike Jamaal’s room, which was immaculate, Jeffrey’s room was very messy.

• small

• sorry

• large

• clean

Multiple Choice

Hypothesize which word has the closest meaning to the underlined word.

The river was full of noxious materials such as cleaning agents from factories and pesticides from the nearby farms.

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• tired

• dangerous

• loud

• scary

​Figurative Language

ISHAMPOO

​Use the acronym to help you remember different types of figurative language.

​ISHAMPOO

Idioms

• Phrases that mean something different from what they say.

• Ex. Don't cry over spilled milk. (This means not to be upset over something that has already happened)

• Ex. I'm throwing in the towel! (this means I am DONE!)

"spilled the beans"

means you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.

"bite your tongue"

means to not say a particular thing, even though you want to, because it would be the wrong thing to say at the time, or because you are waiting for a better time to speak.

Simile

• Similes compare two things using "like" or "as."

• Ex. He was as cool as a cucumber.

• Ex. Her smile shines like the sun.

Open Ended

Create your own SIMILE.

Hyperbole

• Hyperboles are when we use extreme exaggeration in our speech. We use these often!

• Ex. "I have waited in this line all day."

• Ex. "My backpack weighs a ton!"

Open Ended

Create your own HYPERBOLE.

Metaphor

• Metaphors compare two things WITHOUT using like or as.

• Ex. She is an angel!

• Ex. You are my rock.

Open Ended

Create your own METAPHOR.

Personification

• Personification gives human characteristics to non-human things.

• Ex. The tea kettle whistled impatiently.

• Ex. The moon peaked above the trees, shyly.

Open Ended

Create your own PERSONIFICATION.

Open Ended

Create your own ONOMATOPOEIA.

Oxymoron

• Jumbo Shrimp

• Escaped Prisoner

Multiple Choice

I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off!

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• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

He slept like a log.

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• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

It's raining cats and dogs.

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• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Simile

Multiple Choice

Silly Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

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• Metaphor

• idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

My class is a circus.

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• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence.

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• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

My keys grew legs and ran away!

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• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Chirp, meow, boom, zap, pow!

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• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Mataphor