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EOC I Vocab - Week 1 - Figurative Language

Authored by Katrina Caraway

English

7th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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EOC I Vocab - Week 1 - Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

language that is not inteded to be taken in the literal sense (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, idiom, personification - all these fall into the category of ___________)

figurative language

personification

alliteration

analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

using a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning (swoosh, buzz, yelp, sizzle)

personification
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
idiom

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

1 min • 1 pt

words that give human qualities to non-human things (The car shot its headlights through the window.)

hyperbole
dramatic irony
epic simile
personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

like a simile or metaphor, but it goes further (in length) to compare one thing or event to another

idiom
analogy
verbal irony
personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

extreme exaggeration in order to make a point (I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!)

onomatopoeia
idiom
hyperbole
idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a contrast between what is stated and what is actually meant(the girl with the newly-dyed purple, orange, and green hair is told, "Oh, your hair is so natural!")

verbal irony
figurative language
alliteration
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

an expression that has a meaning other than the literal one (It's raining cats and dogs; I'm as fit as a fiddle)

situational irony
oxymoron
figurative language
idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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