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Figurative Language

Authored by Melissa Marolf

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Language that doesn't mean exactly what it says; a way or making words and phrases more dramatic and interesting.

literal language

figurative language

personification

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

language that means exactly what it says

literal language

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one object or person to another to suggest that they are similar or alike.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of the same letter or sound, especially consonant sounds, at the beginning of 2 or more neighboring words.

alliteration

personification

hyperbole

onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two things, but DOES NOT use "like" or "as"

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When human qualities are given to an animal or an object

literal language

simile

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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