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Identifying Figurative Language

Authored by Melissa Johnston

English

6th Grade

25 Questions

CCSS covered

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Identifying Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is personification?

comparing two things using like or as
giving human traits to objects or ideas
a dramatic exaggeration
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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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 several words
a contradictory phrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Buzz - says the great buzzing bee."

metaphor
simile
hyperbole
onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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