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Figurative Language and Literary Terms

Authored by Bree Billow

English

5th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language and Literary Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following are examples of figurative language EXCEPT:

Onomatopoeia

Plot

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Plot

Characters

Personification

Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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