
Figurative Language/Poetic Devices
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the following definition to the correct figurative language term or poetic device: A comparison, usually between two unrelated things, without using the words “like” or “as”.
Simile
Comparison
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the following poetic device to its definition: Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that appear in close proximity in the text
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity
A word that is spelled the way that it sounds
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The following is an example of which type of figurative language: This quiz is as hard as Mr. Mcveigh's head.
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which poetic device is used in the following example: Mr. Brake broke my bike because bats were behind me so he bashed them back but lost balance and barrelled over my bike by accident.
Hyperbole
Assonance
Alliteration
Rhetorical Question
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 test glared at me with disdain" is an example of:
Personification
Personalization
Idiom
Tests can't glare at people!
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Mr. Maniscalco's class is the MOST BORING CLASS IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION!" This is an example of which type of figurative language:
Metaphor
Idiom
Imagery
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The following definition describes which type of figurative language: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work; language that describes the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)
Alliteration
Imagery
Imaginary
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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