The use of a word associated with a sound.

A comparison of two things using like or as

What is an example of an alliteration?

The vase flew off of the shelf.

What's the meaning of this personification? "The camera loves me!"

Photos of me are always really good.

Photography is one of my hobbies.

What's the meaning of this hyperbole? "Shawn would move mountains for Angela."

Shawn would do anything for Angela.

Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.

Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.

What is alliteration?

repeating the same initial sound in several words

What's the meaning of this metaphor? "After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.

Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.

Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I have a problem.

Don't put all of your eggs in one basket

Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...

She said something embarrassing.

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I'm tired. Let's go to bed .

Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The boy "cried wolf" means...

He asked for help when he didn't need it.

She is walking on eggshells means...

She is trying not to upset anyone.

Figurative Language Practice

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.

An extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of hyperbole?

When a group of of words all start with the same sound.

When words sound like what they mean.

An extreme exaggeration

A comparison

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is personification?

The same beginning sound repeated

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

A word that is a sound

An exaggeration

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an idiom?

a phrase that means something else than what it says

comparing two things using like or as

an extreme exageration

giving human traits to objects or ideas

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do people use figurative language?

To make writing more interesting and to create images in the reader's head.

To use fancy big words.

To make their writing longer.

To create a universal truth or deeper message.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a simile?

Comparing two unlike things without using like and as

Comparing two things in a text

Comparing two unlike things using like and as

None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is "sensory language"?

language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.

language that has been censored (censorship)

language that is not very descriptive

language that is unfamiliar to the reader

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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What is a simile?

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