What is personification?

Giving an animal, idea, or object human or "person-like" characteristics.

The use of words to imitate sounds.

A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".

A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".

Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.

A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "is" or "was".

A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.

What is onomatopoeia?

The use of words that imitate sounds.

A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".

Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.

A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

a group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

a comparison of two unlike objects using the words "is" or "was".

A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.

A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

The use of words that imitate sounds.

What is alliteration?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

A big exaggeration to make a point.

A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human or person-like characteristics.

Figurative Language

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6th - 9th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the metaphor

My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.

My heart is a muscle.

My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.

My heart is like a muscle.

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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

Identify the simile

I like apples.

Apples taste sweet.

You're the apple of my eye.

This apple is as sweet as candy.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You are as brave as a lion.

Simile

Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

alliteration

simile

idiom

hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

She is as sweet as pie!

simile

metaphor

hyperbole

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Corey shoots the ball and....BAM. It bricks off the backboard.

onomatopoeia

idiom

hyperbole

simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window.

hyperbole

personification

euphemism

metaphor

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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Figurative Language

Identify the metaphor

Identify the simile

You are as brave as a lion.

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

She is as sweet as pie!

Corey shoots the ball and....BAM. It bricks off the backboard.

The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window.

The rain wept down the window during the storm.

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