Figurative Language and Literary Terms

Figurative language is all of the following EXCEPT

• Uses figures of speech

• More effective and impactful

• Not meant to be taken literally

• Meant to be taken literally

• Appeals to the senses

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

All of the following are examples of figurative language EXCEPT:

• Onomatopoeia

• Plot

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What do we call the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Character Development

• Plot

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CCSS.RL.5.5

What do we call the time and place in which a story is set?

• Plot

• Characters

• Personification

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B

True or False: Setting can include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

His opponent was trying to infuriate him, but he remained as cool as cucumber. What type of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

His words are pearls of wisdom. What kind of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The fire swallowed the entire forest. What time of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopeia

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What type of figurative language imitates the natural sounds of a thing? It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

This place is like a Garden of Eden. What type of figurative language is this?

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4