Figurative Language Terms
Authored by Sarah Avery
English, Biology
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.
alliteration
simile
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An obvious or extreme exaggeration
personification
allusion
idiom
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Words that make a sound
idiom
onomatopoeia
metaphor
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between two unlike without using "like", "as" or "than"
simile
metaphor
verbal irony
synecdoche
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A mild way of saying something harsh or blunt
anaphora
synecdoche
idiom
euphemism
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Words that express the opposite of what someone really feels or means (sarcasm)
verbal irony
idiom
allusion
synecdoche
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A saying that isn't meant to be taken literally
idiom
allusion
euphemism
verbal irony
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
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