Figurative Language Tournament

Which words are synonyms?

• Giant - Minuscule

• Tear - Shred

• Drop - Raise

• Climb - Fall

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Who was the first President of the United States?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What is hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparisons using the words "like" or "as"

• Giving nonhuman things human characteristics

• Words with opposite meanings

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving nonhuman things human qualities or characteristics is called...

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Labeling end rhymes in poems is called --

• Rhyme Scheme

• Complete Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Complete the analogy

Bird : Egg :: Cow : ___

• Pony

• Feather

• Calf

• Farm

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The moon glowed like a flashlight.

What type of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The capital of Texas is --

• Dallas

• Austin

• Houston

• Waco

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Choose all of the words that are multiple meaning words.

• Fly

• Rush

• Party

• Break

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which words comes first alphabetically?

• Particle

• Particular

• Party

• Participle

Tags

CCSS.RF.K.1B