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Poetry and Figurative Language

Authored by Jillian Nachtrieb

English

3rd - 8th Grade

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Poetry and Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is figurative language?

When you use a word or phrase that has a normal everyday literal meaning.

When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.

When you use a word or phrase that rhymes.

When you use like or as to make a comparison.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.L.3.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is hyperbole?

When you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

Words that imitate sounds.

A repetition of consonant sounds used in a phrase or sentence.

Giving an inanimate object human like qualities.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

When you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

Words that imitate sounds.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is onomatopoeia?

When you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.

Words that imitate sounds.

A repetition of consonant sounds used in a phrase or sentence.

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

What is a simile?

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

Giving an inanimate object human-like qualities.

When you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is free verse?

A style of poetry that has no specific rules or patterns.

A style of poetry that tells a story and has rhythm and rhyme.

A repetition of consonant sounds used in a phrase or sentence.

Words that imitate sounds.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

A repetition of consonant sounds used in a phrase or sentence.

A style of poetry that has no specific rules or patterns.

Giving an inanimate object human-like qualities.

When you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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