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Figurative Language

Authored by Allison Dellinger

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This figurative language compares two things using like or as

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of figurative language occurs when you exaggerate a great deal (e. g. "I am starving" instead of "I'm feeling a little hungry")

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg). These can be super difficult for people learning English!

Idiom

Imagery

Allusion

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of figurative language occurs when you refer to something outside of the text (like if you reference a mythical creature in your short story)

Idiom

Imagery

Allusion

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled...

A simile

Imagery

Allusion

A metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" is an example of...

A simile

A metaphor

An allusion

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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