Figurative Language
Authored by Amy Plemons
English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A figure of speech that states one thing is another thing.
Descriptive language comparing two things using the words "like" or "as".
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
A word used to imitate a sound.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things. Does not use like or as.
The idea that things represent other things.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
A word that mimics a sound
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things. Does not use "like" or "as".
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Use of symbols to represent ideas the idea that things represent other things
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is symbolism?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
A word that mimics a sound
The idea that things represent other things
When an author gives human characteristics to a nonhuman thing
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 imagery?
When an author gives human characteristics to a nonhuman thing
The idea that things represent other things
language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader
a self-contradicting word or group of words
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 • 1 pt
What is personification?
a self contradicting word or group of words
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
When an author gives human characteristics to a nonhuman things or inanimate objects.
language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
His words were a knife to my heart. He really hurt my feelings. This is an example of...
personification
symbolism
simile
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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