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Figure of speech

Authored by Samantha Alvarado

English

1st - 12th Grade

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Figure of speech
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Idioms, metaphors, and similes are examples of...

FIgurative language

Literal

language

Both figurative and literal language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is a metaphor?

A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
An extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is a simile?

a phrase that means something else than what it says

comparing two things by saying one is the other

comparing two different things by using "like" or "as"

a word that resembles the sound it represents

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is alliteration?

giving human traits to objects or ideas

a phrase that means something else than what it says

connected or closely connected words that start with the same sound.

a contradictory phrase

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which is an example of a simile?

His room was a hurricane of a mess.
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
A hurricane! AHHH!
The hurricane screamed through the town. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

simile
alliteration
metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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"The city was a jungle." is an example of what type of figurative language?

alliteration

simile

metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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