Figurative Language Definitions
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5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Repetition of sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words.
imagery
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
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 extreme exaggeration or overstatement that a writer uses for emphasis or comic effect
imagery
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Uses vivid description that stimulates the readers’ senses to create an image or idea in their head, a sensational experience, and an emotional experience.
imagery
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Makes a comparison between two different things by stating that one thing is another.
imagery
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Makes a comparison between two unlike things by using a connective word—like, as, than, or resembles.
imagery
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
imagery
onomatopoeia
sensory details
hyperbole
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Gives a non-human thing such as an idea, object, or animal, human qualities or characteristics.
imagery
onomatopoeia
sensory details
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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