Figurative Language and Sound Device

Great, gregarious Gary from Gryffindor likes grapes.

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Snivelling, snotty Snape slunk into the slimy dungeons.

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.

• consonance

• assonance

• imagery

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following lines uses simile?

• The daisies danced in the breeze.

• “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).

• I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week!”

• The fairy named Mary was known for being merry - and hairy!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following verses uses metaphor?

• “Love is a fruit in season at all times and in reach of every hand.” — Mother Teresa

• Jack and Jill went up a hill, to get a pail of water.

• Stars winked in the midnight sky.

• Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“The fickle kicker chuckled as he clunked the ball down.”

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

• repetition

• meter

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"All the world is a stage." is what type of figurative language?

• imagery

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"He sneezed in the breeze on his feet." is what type of sound device?

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• assonance

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following lines uses personification?

• The comedian is seriously funny.

• Buzz, hiss, roar, and woof

• You were as brave as a lion.

• Wind rattled the windows as the storm raged.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A poet will often use alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhythm, and rhyme in order to -

• make the poem interesting.

• allow a poem to flow.

• stress the theme of the poem.

• show his command of the English language.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4