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Figurative Language Terms & Examples

Authored by Jennifer Avallone

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7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Terms & Examples
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as” 

Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects

Simile
Irony
Personification
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

a phrase that has two opposite words

Simile
Irony
Personification
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

an extreme exaggeration

Hyperbole
Irony
Pun
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

the opposite of what is meant (situational, verbal, dramatic)

Hyperbole
Irony
Pun
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a comparison of two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”

Simile
Metaphor
Pun
Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

a phrase that means something different than its literal meaning

Idiom
Metaphor
Pun
Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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