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Figurative Language Vocabulary

Authored by Matt Uppman

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Simile?

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

Emotions or feelings that are attached to words.

Giving human qualities non human things

Comparing two unrelated things or ideas using "like" or "as."

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Metaphor?

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

The dictionary meaning of a word.

Comparing two things that are entirely different without using the words "like" or "as."

Emotions or feelings that are attached to words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Personification?

Giving human qualities non human things

A Silly Goose

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an Idiom?

Emotions or feelings that are attached to words.

Phrases that have a meaning that is very different from its individual parts.

The dictionary meaning of a word.

The dictionary meaning of a word.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Hyperbole?

Emotions or feelings that are attached to words.

Exaggerated statements meant to be taken literally.

Giving human qualities non human things

A Monkey jumping on the bed.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Denotation of a word?

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

The dictionary meaning of a word.

A Silly Goose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Connotation of a word?

Giving human qualities non human things

A Great Big Moose

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.

Emotions or feelings that are attached to words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

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