Figurative Language

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6th Grade
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Jaime Staab
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23 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.
Comparing two unlike objects saying one is another.
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object.
Same beginning letter sounds.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a metaphor
when the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
sound words
comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Comparing two unlike things saying one is another.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is personification
Same beginning letter sounds.
Giving a human quality to a nonhuman object
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is alliteration?
Same beginning letter sounds.
Sound words
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
A well- known phrase that should not be taken literally.
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 • 5 pts
What is an onomatopoeia?
Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.
Sound words.
When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
same beginning letter sounds.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is an idiom?
Comparing two things using like or as.
When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
A phrase that should not be taken literally.
Comparing two things saying one is another.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a hyperbole?
Using extreme exaggeration
Giving a human characteristic to a nonhuman object.
Making reference to a historical character, work of art, text, etc.
When someone says something, but means the opposite.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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