Figurative Language Techniques

Figurative Language Techniques

9th - 12th Grade

20 Qs

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Figurative Language Techniques

Figurative Language Techniques

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English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

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CCSS
L.8.5A, W.11-12.2D, L.4.5

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

figurative language

prose

paradox

foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things saying one thing is another.

EXAMPLE: "My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything."

alliteration

hyperbole

personification

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words 'like' or 'as'.

EXAMPLE: "She dances like a chicken on hot coals."

synecdoche

irony

simile

allusion

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

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.

EXAMPLE: "The chocolate cake was calling my name."

analogy

hyperbole

idiom

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.

EXAMPLE: "I've told you a million times."

simile

pun

allusion

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.

EXAMPLE: "The guitar twanged as he thumped on it."

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

idiom

irony

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

The repetition of vowel sounds.

EXAMPLE: "Try to light the fire by the ottoman over there."

metaphor

assonance

pun

paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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