Figurative Language definitions

What does figurative language mean?

• non-literal language

• Words or phrases have a different meaning from the literal interpretation.

• uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful.

• random words and phrases that have no meaning at all.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which type of figurative language gives human-like traits to inanimate objects, animals or ideas?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which type of figurative language a common phrase where the meaning is not literal. Instead, it has a hidden meaning? (HINT: These phrases tend to be cultural.)

• personification

• oxymoron

• idiom

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which type of figurative language compares two things by stating that one thing is another thing?

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which type of figurative language are words that sound like their meaning, or words that mimic sound?

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which type of figurative language is the repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words?

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which type of figurative language is a phrase made up of two or more words that have opposite meanings?

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A