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Figures of speech
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Exaggeration
Appearance of the same letter with the same sound in the start of different words multiple times in a sentence
Comparison between two things using the words like or as
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Metaphor?
Appearance of the same letter with the same sound in the start of different words multiple times in a sentence
Comparison between two things using the words like or as
Comparison between two things without using the words like or as
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
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
What is a Simile?
Exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Comparing two things using the words like or as
Appearance of the same letter with the same sound in the start of different words multiple times in a sentence
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
What is an Onomatopoeia?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Sounding words
Appearance of the same letter with the same sound in the start of different words multiple times in a sentence
A list
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
Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
The trees were dancing along with the breeze
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
He is a cheetah
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
List of three
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
I am so hungry that I could eat an elephant
Personification
hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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