Figurative language definitions

Which is the best definition for a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A sound word

• A big exaggeration

• A comparison that uses a verb like "is" "are" etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Alliteration is defined as...

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of multiple words in a row

• The repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of multiple words

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Descriptive words using the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hyperbole is defined as...

• A comparison using a verb

• Descriptive words using five senses

• A big exaggeration that can't really happen

• A figure of speech that cannot be interpreted literally

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Figurative language that uses words that sound like they are spelled is...

• hyperbole

• imagery

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An idiom is defined as...

• A figure of speech that cannot be interpreted by its literal meaning

• a comparison

• descriptive words using the five senses

• Multiple words that begin with the same sound

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Imagery must include what?

• an exaggeration

• multiple words with the same beginning sounds

• detail, description, and one of more of the five senses

• one or more of the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What figurative language uses comparisons?

• alliteration and hyperbole

• simile and metaphor

• idioms and imagery

• onomatopoeia and personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Giving human-like qualities to something that's not human is an example of...

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language could not be figured out unless you have been taught it?

• imagery

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Tongue twisters are an example of...

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4