Identifying Figurative Language

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English

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6th Grade

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CCSS

L.4.5A, RL.5.3, L.4.5

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Melissa Johnston

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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 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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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 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

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

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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.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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