Figurative Language Terms
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following quote...
"Not a bad day's work"
synecdoche
apostrophe
litotes
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:
Tick-tock, tick-tock - was all that could be heard in the hospital room.
metaphor
onomatopoeia
allegory
metonymy
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:
"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly."
alliteration
metonymy
allusion
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:
"I'm dying to get my hands on the new iPad Pro."
onomatopoeia
allegory
irony
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:
"The library is the tallest building in town because it has thousands of stories."
metaphor
personification
pun
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:
"All the world's a stage and we are merely players."
metaphor
apostrophe
allusion
personification
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:
"Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why do you, through the windows and the curtains, call on us?"
simile
allusion
apostrophe
pun
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