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Figurative Language

Authored by Hannah Lewis

English

7th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 28+ times

Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This figurative language compares two things using like or as

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you compare two things w/o using like or as, basically saying they are the same thing, you use this kind of figurative language

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of figurative language occurs when you exaggerate a great deal (e. g. "I am starving" instead of "I'm feeling a little hungry")

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This sound device shows emphasis by saying the same word(s) or phrase(s) multiple times

Idiom

Imagery

Allusion

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg). These can be super difficult for people learning English!

Idiom

Imagery

Allusion

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of figurative language just refers to the use of sensory details to describe something vividly

Idiom

Imagery

Allusion

Repetition

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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