Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language Definitions

5th - 8th Grade

9 Qs

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Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language Definitions

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5, L.7.6, RI.4.10

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9 questions

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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.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of the five senses to engage readers’ interest and help them engage with the text

idiom

onomatopoeia

sensory details

hyperbole

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An accepted phrase or expression contrary to the usual meaning … not literal

idiom

onomatopoeia

sensory details

hyperbole

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4