Figurative Language

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

• Similie

• Onomatopoeia

• personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

• buzz

• meow

• book

• splat

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

• Her heart is like gold.

• He is as busy as a bee.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• She is larger than life.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

When words sound like their meaning they are using...

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Analogy

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This type of figurative language uses comparison in order to show similarity.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• An Analogy

• An Oxymoron

• An Onomatopoeia

• A Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"A computer and the brain have similar thinking abilities," is an example of which figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D