Figurative Language

What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to objects or animals?

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?

• Buzz

• Book

• Meow

• Bam

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

"Homework is a breeze", is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

• Her heart is like gold

• Life is a rollercoaster

• He is as busy as a bee

• He is as light as a feather

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The stars in the sky winked", is an example of what?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When words sound like they look or mean they are using?

• Personification

• Analogy

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which figurative language is an exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one would believe it?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• analogy

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A word of phrase that is used together even though it is contradictory or opposite is...

• analogy

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"My backpack weighs a TON!" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• personification

• analogy

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which type of figurative language uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3