Figurative Language

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6th - 8th Grade

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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.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

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

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

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

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

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.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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