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Figurative Language

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6th - 8th Grade

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Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is personification?

comparing two things using like or as
giving human traits to objects or ideas
a dramatic exaggeration
a word that resemebles the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is alliteration?

giving human traits to objects or ideas
a phrase that means something else than what it says
repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words
a contradictory phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is an onomatopoeia?

a word that resembles the sound it makes
comparing two things using like or as
a dramatic exaggeration
comparing two things by saying one is the other

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a hyperbole?

comparing two things using like or as
an extreme exaggeration
giving human traits to objects or ideas
words or phrases that are contradictory

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a simile?

a phrase that means something else than what it says
comparing two things by saying one is the other
comparing two things by using like or as
a word that resembles the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a simile?

a phrase that means something else than what it says
comparing two things by saying one is the other
comparing two things by using like or as
a word that resembles the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

comparing two things using like or as
repeating the same inital sound in neighboring words
a phrase that means something else than what it says
comparing two things by saying one is the other

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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